Montenegro | |
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![Location of Montenegro (green) in Europe (dark grey) – [Legend]](/wiki/File:Europe-Montenegro.svg) | |
| Capital and largest city | Podgorica 42°47′N 19°28′E / 42.783°N 19.467°E |
| Official languages | Montenegrin[1] |
| Languages in official use | Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian[2] |
| Ethnic groups (2011[3]) |
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| Religion (2011) |
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| Demonym(s) | Montenegrin |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary technocratic[4][5] constitutional republic |
| Milo Đukanović | |
| Zdravko Krivokapić | |
• Speaker | Aleksa Bečić |
| Legislature | Skupština |
| Establishment history | |
| 625 | |
| 1077 | |
| 1356 | |
| 1516 | |
| 1852 | |
| 1878 | |
| 1910 | |
| 1918 | |
| 1945 | |
| 1992 | |
| 2006 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,812 km2 (5,333 sq mi) (156th) |
• Water (%) | 2.6 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate |  621,873 [6] (169th) |
• Density | 45/km2 (116.5/sq mi) (133rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $12,417 million[7] (149th) |
• Per capita | $19,931[7] (63rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $4,943 million[7] (153rd) |
• Per capita | $7,933[7] (73rd) |
| Gini (2017) |  36.7[8]medium |
| HDI (2019) | 0.829[9] very high · 48th |
| Currency | Euro (€)a (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +382 |
| ISO 3166 code | ME |
| Internet TLD | .me |
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Montenegro
Montenegro is a country in southeast Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkans. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, the Adriatic Sea and Croatia to the west. The largest and capital city Podgorica covers 10.4% of Montenegro's territory and is home to 29.9% of the country's population, while Cetinje has the status of old royal capital. Major group in the country are Montenegrins. Serbs form a significant minority at 28.7%, followed by Bosniaks, Albanians and Croats.