Across the vast lands of Earth we find many different cultures that have different traditions and a unique story that gives people a unique look,
And different flavor on life and today on FTD facts
We are jumping into a fascinating country
nestled in the heart of Central Europe a country filled with an amazing history and a proud people who are not only
Energetic and fun, but loving and warm-hearted
Welcome to the world of
Serbia and of course everybody welcome to FTD facts of my name is Dave Walpole and
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I'm really excited to talk about Serbia
I'm always excited to learn about new countries
But this one especially first of all, I got some friends in Serbia
And they're always trying to teach me Serbian and I always screw it up
So guys you can rest assured that the pronunciations in this video are probably going to be English bad
But what gets me really excited about this is we here on the channel like to do weekly polls
Asking you guys after we release a video which ones you guys want us to do next and for Serbia
We put it in the poll about four times that nobody's picked it
So this time we finally got people saying yes, we want to hear about this great amazing country
So I'm like booyah. We're finally doing Serbia. All right, we do Serbia
I don't show that that is Italy this mother of a Russian accent. It's nothing really said whatever. Let's just have some fun
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What is great about this amazing country now?
of course when we think of Serbia
We might think of them as a crazy country a country that drinks a lot parties a lot
But realistically they're just people like you and me
They're just trying to get through their days, you know, trying to survive the struggles of the economy all that sort of stuff
You know educating themselves raising families and all that jazz
But now if we look at Serbia, it is first of all a very beautiful country
But let's quickly look at the population now as if a 2017 estimate they sit at approximately seven million one hundred and eleven thousand
twenty-four people ranking approximately one hundred and fourth in the world now for some of these facts
I'm not going to include Kosovo because well that's kind of a disputed territory
So we won't really go there now with that the population density equals approximately
91.1 people per square kilometer ranking
121st in the world
But as for land size this beautiful country including Kosovo comes in at a hundred and twelfth of all countries in the world
With a land size of eighty eight thousand three hundred and sixty one kilometers square. However, without Kosovo it would have
77474 kilometres square
Being at a hundred and eighteenth now one thing that I've always kind of wondered when it comes to a lot of these European countries
is do they have provinces like my country of Canada or do they have states like the United States, or do they have
Different sort of regions and different names for it. Well in Serbia, they don't actually call these regions States or provinces
They actually call them divisions
And as for the country of Serbia, it has about 29 of them now of these 29 divisions
The largest is sluty Bor which is a district coming in with approximately 6,000 140 kilometres square
Of course the smallest of this is some Adisa
District and it has a total land size of two thousand three hundred and eighty-seven
Kilometres square of this the largest when it comes to population is the Raska district with approximately three hundred
thousand people in that district quite a lot of people as a matter of fact
with the smallest district being the Kolubara district and it has a population of
174 thousand two hundred and twenty-eight people
It also should be noticed that for all of these 29 districts
Only one of these districts is not part of the major territories and gets a somewhat special
Status and that is the capital city of Belgrade
Now Belgrade has a population of 1 million six hundred and eighty three thousand nine hundred and sixty-two people
Within its district now, not only is this the most populated city in all of Serbia?
But it's also one of the most populated city in all of Europe and the oldest cities in all of Europe
Not only does it cover over 3% of the entire country, but the amount of population makes up
24% of the entire country's population and for this particular city, it's actually also stated that it was founded way back before
279 BC that's a long long
long time ago which at the time was an old city known as
Singer Dunham and although scientists aren't a hundred percent on the actual date of its formation
this ancient city is what evolved into what is now known as
Belgrade and some of the structures from the old city such as walls are still around Belgrade today
Also for Belgrade the first time it was found to be written as a name for the city was on April 16th
878 and although it's been the capital of the Kingdom of the Serbs and that region for many years
There were officially signed documents that has the city of Belgrade being the capital on the 1st of December of 1918
so with us talking about people we got to see what kind of people actually live in Serbia and
before we get in that we got to let you guys know that Serbia actually hasn't done a proper census since
2011 so some of these numbers are gonna be slightly off because you know, it hasn't been done in a while now for Serbia
They say within the alder population approximately eighty three point three percent of them
Identify as Serbian three point five percent of them identify as hungarian 2.1 percent
Identify as roma and 2% are Bosniaks on top of that four point seven percent
Identify as other and three point seven percent of the population were unspecified
Now for languages when it comes to their main language, it is Serbian, of course and for this language
They say approximately eighty three percent of the entire populations. Speak it with a native tongue
However, it's interesting to know that the Serbian language is the only language in all of Europe that not only uses the Cyrillic alphabet
But also uses the Latin one as well. That's right guys. It's just kind of a very mixed sort of thing, I guess
That's the way they do it over there, but unlike other countries Serbia only actually has one National official language
But it should be known that although on a country scale
It only might have one major language its district Vova. Dina has other official languages such as hung garyun Romanian Slovak
Rusyn and Croatian, which I actually found pretty interesting because I've never heard of a certain district or province or state
having more than one
actual language because when you think of languages you think it's run by the entire country and not by individual states or provinces or
Districts and actually, I actually forgot to mention one thing when it comes to Belgrade being around for so long
The one thing that's great about Serbia is it's a country that's been around forever as well
This is because where the country stands today
It was part of the Roman Empire and actually the country obser BIA where it stands today
Was the birthplace of many Roman emperors now I got some mixed sources here
I heard that there were 18 Roman emperors that were born in Serbia. But I've also read that there were only 17 either way
That's quite a lot because it makes up
1/5 of all the Roman emperors that were ever around and most of them are born in a city what was known as
Sirmium, which in today's world is the region of schlemm scott
Mithril Vica, which I actually really hope I pronounced that one right because I tried on that one
Yeah, and of course if we're gonna talk about Serbia
We got to do our usual we got to talk about money because that's really important when it comes to Serbia
Because it is a big contributor around the world
It's got some really cool tricks up its sleeve. Now as for the GDP purchasing power parity as of a
2018 it comes in at a hundred and twelve point four seven five billion dollars ranking 78 in the world now
It's per capita excluding Kosovo comes in at sixteen thousand sixty three dollars ranking 83rd in the world
Now when it comes to the currency of Serbia
They like to use the Serbian dinner now actually a little bit of a history lesson when it comes to the dinar
most countries that use the dinner are actually old remnants or
Countries that actually belonged to the Ottoman Empire way back in the day and these countries are Jordan Iraq
Macedonia and many others who all use the dinner but each dinar is different because the economy is different for each country
And for the Serbian dinner, you may wonder how long have they been using it?
Well, it traces back to even 1214 AD, but that's just money guys
Let's take a look at imports and exports of Serbia and find out well what they like to contribute to the world
So for exports they are approximately thirty six point eight billion dollars in goods
Making it the 74th highest country in the world when it comes to exports now, of course, they got a lot of different things
They have insulated wire being 4.1% rolled tobacco at three point seven percent
corn being two point eight and cars being six point nine and
Electricity being three point two percent of all the exports that they make and I want to dive a little bit deeper
into their exports because one thing that Serbia is known really great for is its
Agriculture. That's right farming. I know when you think of Serbia, you don't really think of farmers, but believe it or not
They got some really high awards for it now
this is simply due to the fact that they have approximately over five million fifty six thousand hectares of
agriculture and firstly they are one of the top 15 countries that produce wine in the entire world and for them they have
approximately seventy thousand hectares of vineyards within the country producing about
425 thousand tons of grapes annually
But that's not the only thing because they're also the second largest country in the world when it comes to producing plums. That's right
they're known for
Plums which for these particular fruits they produce
approximately five hundred and eighty two thousand four hundred and eighty-five tons annually as well one of the most common things and most
important things that come from Serbia is
Raspberries that's right. You probably didn't know that the raspberries that you're eating most likely come from Serbia
Mm-hmm either way for this particular country
They're always battling it out for the first place with Poland and Serbia usually produces about 80
9602 tons of raspberries a year
but that's just a loose sort of estimation guys because in
2001 they apparently were ranked number one in the entire world and not second and they produced that year over a
hundred thousand tons of raspberries and of course in 2012
They also apparently produced
95% of the world's amount and one of the reasons for this raspberry heaven because their red gold as they call it is
Produced easily in Serbia because of its perfect climate and if we're going to talk about land
Let's talk about one really interesting phenomenon in Serbia
And that is Mount rheton while not being the tallest mountain within Serbia as it stands at 5,000
135 feet it is famous for its very unique shape and that is looking like a perfect
Perfect pyramid it's pretty darn accurate and because of its perfect geological shape people have come up with many different
Crazy theories about this mountain. Some people have said that they've seen aliens there
Some people have said that it used to be like an old pyramid or that there's a pyramid underneath and that there's buried treasure
Within this mountain and every single year for this particular mountain tourism goes up with people saying that they have felt some sort of energy
While being on that mountain so there you have it guys. That is the country of Serbia
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this is the country of Serbia a beautiful amazing country filled with an amazing people and loving people a culture and
Individuals who are known to be the most
Hospitable people on the planet as it is just proper manners to welcome guests who come to their country
It is a nation that contributes so much to the world and it cannot be forgotten a place of pure beauty
love and fun
this is the people country and culture of Serbia a
Nation that emanates great mystery through its warm and accepting
heart
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