Montenegro Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Montenegro with its capital Podgorica is located in Europe (Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia). It covers some 14,027 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Connecticut) with 678,000 citizens. Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian and are the official languages spoken in Montenegro (consider regional differences). Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are bordering countries.

Montenegro is a country in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south. To the west of Montenegro is the Adriatic Sea. Although Montenegro's magnificent sea side scenery is best known among travellers, it's mountainous inland has some grand panoramic views to offer, too. The country shares the large freshwater Lake Skadar with neighbouring Albania. It has National Park status and offers great opportunities for hiking, bird watching and wildlife spotting. Of the many friendly fishermen's towns around it, Virpazar is the most convenient one for travellers. A real must-see is the splendid Tara River Canyon, with its steep banks rising up to 1300 meters above the River Tara waters. It's the second longest canyon in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pictures from Capital (Podgorica)

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About Montenegro

The topography features highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus. The average density of population is about 48 per km². The climate in Montenegro can be described as Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland. Potential natural disasters are destructive earthquakes.

To reach someone in Montenegro dial +381 prior to a number. There are 366,600 installed telephones. And there are 752,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".cs". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 21 regions/states in Montenegro we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total population shrinked at a rate of -0.78% (or by 5,180 citizens). With 5,841 deaths and 7,394 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.23%. -6,734 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Montenegro: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.