Explore Montenegro in Europe - Montenegro Tourism Info

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.

Pictures from Podgorica (Capital)

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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 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 country consists of 21 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Montenegro

European Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Stanka Dragojevica 26
81 000 Podgorica
Montenegro

Phone: +381 81 241 591
Fax: +381 81 247 087

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Durmitor National Park

This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground streams. Along the Tara river canyon, which has the deepest gorges in Europe, the dense pine...

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

In the Middle Ages, this natural harbour on the Adriatic coast in Montenegro was an important artistic and commercial centre with its own famous schools of masonry and iconography. A large number...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Montenegro is shrinking at an rate of 0.78% (or by 5,180 citizens). Each year 6,734 people leave this country (or 10.10 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 0.23%. Or an total increase of 1,553 citizens.

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.