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MONTENEGRO

 

 

Montenegro (Republika Crna Gora) borders with Albania to the southeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to the northwest, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Montenegro is divided into three regions: coastal, central and region of mountains and valleys.

The Montenegrin territory, harsh and mountainous, is mostly occupied by karts relief, particularly in the west where with the Mount Durmitor, 2,522 m reach the highest peak of the country, between these mountains are the narrow valleys of the rivers Piva, Tara, Lim, while those of the Moraca and its tributaries will broaden to form the only short plains of the region, limited to the south by Skadar Lake that in part belongs to Albania. Characteristic the wonderful natural fjord of the Bay of Kotor (Cattaro) enclosed between high mountains between which the Lovcen (1,749 meters). Montenegro has four national parks: the Durmitor, the Biogradska Gora, the Lovcen and the Skadarsko Jezero, which occupy 7% of the nation's territory.

 

 

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Area: 13.938 sqkm

Population: 670,000

State Capital: Podgorica

Language: official language is Serbian, the Albanian language is used in the Ulcinj area near the Albania border.

Religion: Orthodox Christianity (74%) is the dominant religion in Montenegro, Islam (17%) and Catholic Christianity (3%) are minorities.

Currency: Euro

Time: Central European Time UTC+1 (Daylight saving time UTC+2)

 

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