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Montenegro
parliamentary republic
The use of the name Crna Gora or Black Mountain (Montenegro) began in the 13th century in reference to a highland region in the Serbian province of Zeta. Under Ottoman control beginning in 1496, Montenegro was a semi-autonomous theocracy ruled by a series of bishop princes until 1852, when it became a secular principality. Montenegro fought a series of wars with the Ottomans and eventually won recognition as an independent sovereign principality at the Congress of Berlin in 1878.
Profile
CapitalPodgorica
Population600K
GDP$17.4B
Area13,812 km²
LanguageSerbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)
Currencyeuros (EUR) per US dollar -
Leadership
Head of State
Jakov Milatović
Since 2023
Head of Government
Milojko Spajić
Since 2023
At a Glance
Population
600K
GDP (PPP)
$17B
