Geographic position
- southern Europe, the Balkan peninsula, western Balkans
- at the confluence of the rivers Sava and Danube, between the Pannonian Plain to the north and the hilly central region of Serbia known as Šumadija to the south
Geographical coordinates
- latitude north: 44049'14''
- longitude east: 20027'44''
Average height above sea level: 116.75 m
Area: 322,268 ha
Climate:
- moderate continental
- mean annual air temperature: 11.70 C
- mean annual rainfall: 669.5 litres/m2
- mean atmospheric pressure: 1,001 millibars
- mean relative humidity: 69.5%
Population: 1,732,400 (2005 figure)
Religious confessions: Orthodox Christian 90.68%, Islam 1.29%, Roman Catholic 1.03%, Protestant 0.24%, Jewish 0.03%, Atheist 3%, Unknown 2.02% (2002 census)
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