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545:(1815–17) saw Serbia recognized as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire. In 1878, Serbia became a fully independent state, also enlarging its territory to the south-east. The 1878 borders correspond to present-day Central Serbia save for small parts in the south-west.
454:. 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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on
December 1, 1918. Serbia proper did not have a separate political status within the Kingdom; in 1929, when new provinces of the Kingdom were formed, Serbia proper was divided between five
428:) overwhelmed the Balkans in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Serbs, a Slavic tribe, were known to have held the area of what is today southwest Serbia in the Early Middle Ages, while the
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1287:, "Serbia Proper" denoted "the part of the Republic of Serbia not including the provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo; the ethnic and political core of the Serbian state."
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521:. The war ended in Ottoman victory, and returning of the sanjak. The northern half of Serbia proper was briefly under
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to the north and the disputed Kosovo region to the south. Central Serbia is a term of convenience, not an
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Central Serbia takes up, roughly, the territory of Serbia between the natural borders consisting of the
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to refer to the region. "Serbia proper" is simply an
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237:. In the following century, Serbia gradually expanded south, acquiring South Serbia, Kosovo,
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560:. Further territorial gains were made in the north (today's
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636:("Serbia proper"). At the beginning of the 1990s, the term
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482:(r. 1389–1402) corresponded roughly to Serbia proper.
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Statistical regions of Serbia since 2010 (including
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Administrative division of
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442:, in the eastern parts, in the 9th century.
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537:Serbian state, known in historiography as "
502:(hence called the "Pashaluk of Belgrade").
458:of Syrmia (r. 1282–1316) had two capitals,
233:(1804–17) and subsequent wars against the
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214:lying outside the autonomous province of
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450:has been identified as a capital of the
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611:Italian governorate of Montenegro
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609:and annexed to the neighbouring
572:. Serbia became part of the new
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533:(1804–13), the sanjak became a
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142:• Summer (
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696:Districts of Serbia
523:Habsburg occupation
492:Sanjak of Smederevo
249:and unification of
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478:(r. 1373–89) and
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1152:: 20,828 (0.42%)
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1140:: 90,998 (1.85%)
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480:Stefan Lazarević
327:Balkan Mountains
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89:• Total
73:Largest city
1358:stat.gov.rs
1252:Annotations
570:World War I
550:Balkan Wars
527:1787–91 war
525:during the
519:1737–39 war
323:Carpathians
269:within the
1399:Categories
1336:2014-06-27
1304:References
1294:References
1281:Uža Srbija
1269:Uža Srbija
1214:Bosilegrad
1194:Novi Pazar
1162:Bulgarians
942:Podunavlje
869:Pomoravlje
862:Kragujevac
714:Population
711:Area (km)
677:See also:
638:uža Srbija
634:uža Srbija
630:Yugoslavia
436:Braničevci
412:Viminacium
354:Podunavlje
350:Pomoravlje
295:Montenegro
247:Montenegro
206:), is the
203:uža Srbija
195:ужа Србија
193:(Serbian:
98:Population
1206:Bujanovac
1180:Yugoslavs
1144:Albanians
1108:5,286,301
1068:Jablanica
1061:Prokuplje
971:Požarevac
960:Braničevo
953:Smederevo
934:1,563,916
771:2,062,945
754:Belgrade
751:1,659,440
736:1,659,440
708:District
562:Vojvodina
496:Smederevo
448:Stari Ras
422:. Slavs (
311:Vojvodina
277:Geography
216:Vojvodina
180:romanized
123:Time zone
108:4,906,773
1224:See also
1132:Bosniaks
1079:Leskovac
916:Kruševac
898:Kraljevo
880:Jagodina
851:Šumadija
833:Zlatibor
815:Moravica
797:Kolubara
744:Belgrade
725:Belgrade
653:Belgrade
619:Bulgaria
579:banovine
535:de facto
484:Kruševac
474:" under
464:Belgrade
440:Timočani
425:Sclaveni
416:Kostolac
366:Zlatibor
362:Podrinje
358:Posavina
334:Šumadija
307:Bulgaria
267:republic
77:Belgrade
1265:English
1210:Preševo
1202:Sjenica
1093:159,081
1075:216,304
1050:Toplica
1021:376,319
1007:Zaječar
1003:119,967
996:Zaječar
985:124,992
967:183,625
949:199,395
912:273,247
894:309,258
876:214,536
858:293,308
840:286,549
822:212,603
808:Valjevo
804:174,513
786:298,931
716:(2011)
615:Albania
603:Sandžak
566:Sandžak
548:In the
470:, the "
402:In the
376:History
239:Sandžak
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171:Serbian
49:Serbian
35:Serbian
1371:2 June
1327:
1200:, and
1174:Croats
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