Montenegro

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

The principal cities are the capital Podgorica (Titograd up to 1992), with 130,000 inhabitants, Niksic[?] (60,000) and Pljevlja[?] (22,000).

• History of Montenegro
• List of cities in Montenegro
• Geography of Montenegro[?]
• Demographics of Montenegro[?]
• Politics and Current Events in Montenegro (http://www.njegos.net/en/index.html)
• Economics of Montenegro[?]
• Transportation in Montenegro[?]
• Communication in Montenegro[?]

See also: Serbia and Montenegro/History, Transportation in Serbia and Montenegro