Montenegro
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Crna Gora or Montenegro is a republic on the western Balkan peninsula, from 1945 until 2003 a republic of Yugoslavia. Some Montenegrins have in recent years shown a desire to separate Montenegro from the federation with jist of the separatist movement being among the Slavic Muslim and Albanian minorities who make up some 20% of the population. In 2002, Serbia and Montenegro came to a new agreement regarding continued cooperation, which, among other changes, promised to end the use of the name Yugoslavia in favor of Serbia and Montenegro.
- area: 13,812 sq. km.
- population: 650,000
- capital: Podgorica
- currency: euro - even though Montenegro is not part of the Eurozone. (It used the German mark before introduction of the euro.)
The principal cities are the capital Podgorica (Titograd up to 1992), with 130,000 inhabitants, Niksic (60,000) and Pljevlja (22,000).
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See also: History of Yugoslavia, Transportation in Serbia and Montenegro
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Montenegro" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro August 25, 2003
