Belgrade is the capital and historic largest city of Serbia. Situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula, it is located specifically at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.
As one of the major cities of Southeast Europe, Belgrade ranks as the third-most populous city on the river Danube. According to the 2022 census, the population of the city proper is 1,197,114, while its contiguous urban area houses 1,298,661 inhabitants and its administrative area totals 1,682,720 people.