Montenegro
| Montenegro
Црна Гора
Crna Gora |
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| Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ој, свијетла мајска зоро "Oh, Bright Dawn of May" |
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| Capital (and largest city) |
Podgorica1 42°47′N 19°28′E / 42.783°N 19.467°E |
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| Official language(s) | Montenegrin | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2011) | 44.98% Montenegrins, 28.73% Serbs, 8.65% Bosniaks, 4.91% Albanians, 3.31% Muslims, 0.97% Croats, 8.45% others and unspecified[1] |
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| Demonym | Montenegrin | |||||
| Government | Parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Filip Vujanović | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Igor Lukšić | ||||
| - | Speaker of the Parliament | Ranko Krivokapić | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| Events | ||||||
| - | Founding of Principality | 1 January 1852 | ||||
| - | Recognition by the Ottoman Empire | 1878 | ||||
| - | Proclamation of Kingdom | 28 August 1910 | ||||
| - | Independence from Serbia and Montenegro | 3 June 2006 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 13,812 km2 (161st) 5,019 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.5 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 census | 625,266 | ||||
| - | Density | 50/km2 (121st) 115.6/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $7.029 billion[2] (146th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $11,228[2] (78th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $4.174 billion[2] (148th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $6,668 (77th) | ||||
| HDI (2011) | 0.771[3] (high) (54th) | |||||
| Currency | Euro (€)2 (EUR) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .me | |||||
| Calling code | 382 | |||||
| 1Constitution names Cetinje as the traditional old capital (prijestonica) of Montenegro. 2 Adopted unilaterally; Montenegro is not a formal member of the Eurozone. |
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Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is on the Adriatic Sea, between Albania (to the South) and Croatia to the North. Inland (to the East and South-East) it also has a common border with Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The country came to exist when its people decided to split from the country Serbia and Montenegro on May 21, 2006. It had also been independent before World War I and existed as a kingdom. Its leader is Filip Vujanović.
the national song is called Oj, svijetla majska zoro
Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ој, свијетла мајска зоро
"Oh, Bright Dawn of May".
The size of the econany's GDP is $4.114 billion and it has a population of 625,000 people. The traditional old capital of Montenegro is Cetinje, but Podgorica is the new one. The country adopted the Euro unilaterally; Montenegro is not a formal member of the Eurozone.
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References [change]
- ↑ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Montenegro 2011". Monstat. http://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/popis2011/saopstenje/saopstenje(1).pdf. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Montenegro". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=66&pr.y=14&sy=2009&ey=2016&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=943&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2011". United Nations. 2011. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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