Montenegro Crna Gora/Црна Гора (Montenegrin) | |
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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 (national)[1] Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian (in official use)[2] |
| Writing system | Latin, Cyrillic |
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| Demonym(s) | Montenegrin |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party parliamentary constitutional republic |
| Milo Đukanović | |
| Duško Marković | |
| Ivan Brajović | |
| Legislature | Skupština |
| Establishment history | |
• Formation of Duklja as a vassal of Byzantine Empire | 625 |
• Duklja gains independence | 1042 |
• Kingdom of Duklja proclaimed | 1077 |
• Kingdom of Zeta proclaimed | 1373 |
• Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro founded | 1516 |
| 1 January 1852 | |
| 28 August 1910 | |
• Formation of Yugoslavia | 1 December 1918 |
| 3 June 2006 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,812 km2 (5,333 sq mi) (156th) |
• Water (%) | 2.6 |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate |  622,359 [4] (169th) |
• Density | 45/km2 (116.5/sq mi) (133rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $13.081 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $20,977[5] (74th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $5.685 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $9,116[5] (72nd) |
| Gini (2017) |  36.7[6]medium |
| HDI (2018) | 0.816[7] very high · 52nd |
| 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 of South and Southeast Europe on the coast of the Balkans. It borders Bosnia-Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, and Croatia to the west. Montenegro has an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,079. Its capital, Podgorica, is one of the twenty-three municipalities in the country. Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital.