Belgrade

Belgrade (Serbie: Београд, Beograd [bɛˈɔɡrad] ( listen)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Serbie. The ceety lies at the confluence o the Sava an Danube rivers, whaur the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans.^[5] The urban aurie o the Ceety o Belgrade haes a population o 1.23 million, while ower 1.65 million fowk live within its admeenistrative leemits.^[1] Its name in Serbian translates tae White ceety.

Belgrade Београд Beograd
Ceety
Banner Coat airms
Location athin Europe an Serbie
Coordinates: 44°49′14″N 20°27′44″E / 44.82056°N 20.46222°E / 44.82056; 20.46222 20°27′44″E / 44.82056°N 20.46222°E / 44.82056; 20.46222
Kintra	Serbie
Destrict	Ceety o Belgrade
Municipalities	17
Establishment	before 279 BC (Singidunum)[2]
Govrenment
• Mayor	Dragan Đilas (DS)
• Rulin pairties	DS/G17+/SPS-PUPS/LDP
Area [3]
• Ceety	359.96 km2 (138.98 sq mi)
• Metro	3222.68 km2 (1,244.28 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	117 m (384 ft)
Population
• Ceety	1,166,763[1]
• Rank	1st
• Density	3,241/km2 (8,390/sq mi)
• Urban	1233796[1]
• Destrict	1659440[1]
• Destrict density	514/km2 (1,330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	11000
Area code(s)	(+381) 11
Caur plates	BG
Website	www.beograd.rs

Belgrade's wider ceety aurie wis the birthplace o the lairgest prehistoric cultur o Europe, the Vinča cultur, as early as the 6t millennium BC.^[6][7] In antiquity, the aurie o Belgrade wis inhabitit bi the Thraco-Dacian^[8] tribe o Singi who wad gie the name tae the ceety efter a fortress wis foondit in the 3rd century BC bi the Celts, who named it Singidun (dun, fortress)^[6] It wis awardit ceety richts bi the Romans^[9] afore it wis permanently settled bi Serbs frae the 7t century onwards. As a strategic location, the ceety wis battled ower in 115 wars an razed tae the grund 44 times^[10] syne the auncient period bi coontless airmies o the East an Wast. In medieval times, it wis in the possession o Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian an Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade wis conquered bi the Ottomans an became the seat o the Pashaluk o Belgrade, as the principal ceety o Ottoman Europe^[11] an amang the lairgest European ceeties.^[12] Frequently passin frae Ottoman tae Austrian rule which saw destruction o maist o the ceety, the status o Serbian caipital wad be regained ae in 1841, efter the Serbian revolution. Northren Belgrade, tho, remained a Habsburg ootpost till the breakup o Austrick-Hungary in 1918. The unitit ceety then became the caipital o several incarnations o Yugoslavie, up tae 2006, when Serbie became an independent state again.

Belgrade haes the status o a separate territorial unit in Serbie, wi its awn autonomous ceety govrenment.^[13] Its territory is dividit intae 17 municipalities, each haein its awn local cooncil.^[14] It covers 3.6% o Serbie's territory, an 24% o the kintra's population lives in the ceety.^[15] Belgrade is the central economic hub o Serbie, an the caipital o Serbian education an science.