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465:. Serbia eventually expanded its borders to the east. The area of most of Serbia proper, as well as areas in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, northern Montenegro, Kosovo, and northern Macedonia were called "the Serbian lands", included in the styles of medieval Serbian rulers. King
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100:• Total
84:Largest city
1369:stat.gov.rs
1263:Annotations
581:World War I
561:Balkan Wars
538:1787–91 war
536:during the
530:1737–39 war
334:Carpathians
280:within the
1410:Categories
1347:2014-06-27
1315:References
1305:References
1292:Uža Srbija
1280:Uža Srbija
1225:Bosilegrad
1205:Novi Pazar
1173:Bulgarians
953:Podunavlje
880:Pomoravlje
873:Kragujevac
725:Population
722:Area (km)
688:See also:
649:uža Srbija
645:uža Srbija
641:Yugoslavia
447:Braničevci
423:Viminacium
365:Podunavlje
361:Pomoravlje
306:Montenegro
258:Montenegro
217:), is the
214:uža Srbija
206:ужа Србија
204:(Serbian:
109:Population
1217:Bujanovac
1191:Yugoslavs
1155:Albanians
1119:5,286,301
1079:Jablanica
1072:Prokuplje
982:Požarevac
971:Braničevo
964:Smederevo
945:1,563,916
782:2,062,945
765:Belgrade
762:1,659,440
747:1,659,440
719:District
573:Vojvodina
507:Smederevo
459:Stari Ras
433:. Slavs (
322:Vojvodina
288:Geography
227:Vojvodina
191:romanized
134:Time zone
119:4,906,773
1235:See also
1143:Bosniaks
1090:Leskovac
927:Kruševac
909:Kraljevo
891:Jagodina
862:Šumadija
844:Zlatibor
826:Moravica
808:Kolubara
755:Belgrade
736:Belgrade
664:Belgrade
630:Bulgaria
590:banovine
546:de facto
495:Kruševac
485:" under
475:Belgrade
451:Timočani
436:Sclaveni
427:Kostolac
377:Zlatibor
373:Podrinje
369:Posavina
345:Šumadija
318:Bulgaria
278:republic
88:Belgrade
1276:English
1221:Preševo
1213:Sjenica
1104:159,081
1086:216,304
1061:Toplica
1032:376,319
1018:Zaječar
1014:119,967
1007:Zaječar
996:124,992
978:183,625
960:199,395
923:273,247
905:309,258
887:214,536
869:293,308
851:286,549
833:212,603
819:Valjevo
815:174,513
797:298,931
727:(2011)
626:Albania
614:Sandžak
577:Sandžak
559:In the
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