COUNTRY ARCHIVE

Montenegro

EUROPE · SOUTHEAST EUROPE
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TERRITORIAL OUTLINE
Flag of Montenegro
NATIONAL FLAG

Montenegro is a country in Southeast Europe, with its capital at Podgorica, and is home to roughly 623.5K people.

Montenegrin is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Montenegrin.

> INTEL_
CAPITALPodgorica42.443 N / 19.262 E
POPULATION623,525~623.5K
AREA13,630 km²
LANGUAGESMontenegrin
CURRENCYEuro (€)
DEMONYMMontenegrin
UN MEMBERYES
> NOTABLE_
  • »The Tara River canyon is among the deepest in the world.
> BORDERS_

Montenegro touches five neighbours: Albania to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Croatia to the northwest, Kosovo to the east and Serbia to the northeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.

CROATIASERBIABOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAALBANIAKOSOVOPODGORICA
MONTENEGROBORDERING COUNTRIESCAPITALNEIGHBOURS CROPPED TO FRAME
> THE CAPITAL_

Podgorica is the administrative capital, while Cetinje, the old royal seat, remains the ceremonial capital.

> SCALE_

13,630 km² (5,263 sq mi), 157th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of the Bahamas.

Population 623,525, 167th of 198 on file. That averages 46 per km² (118 per sq mi).

> THE FLAG_

A gold-bordered red field bearing the double-headed eagle of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty, closer to a royal standard than a typical national flag.

Easily confused with Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam and China.