Slightly smaller than Connecticut, Montenegro is a small nation that lies on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Once a part of Yugoslavia and Serbia, in May 2006 it officially became an independent nation. Podgorica is its capital and largest city.
Of its estimated 684,736 people, approximately half are of the Montenegrin group (or South Slavs), tied closely to the Serbs through language and religion. The remaining population are Serbian, Bosnian, and Albanian.
Serbo-Croatian is spoken by 95 percent and the Albanian language is spoken by 5 percent of the population. The majority of the people belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Muslim and Roman Catholic groups exist in smaller groups.
Montenegro’s landscape consists of large mountains. The densely forested mountain ranges earned the nation its name, which means “Black Mountain." Located in the Dinaric Alps, Bobotov Kuk is Montenegro’s highest peak.
Montenegro operates as a republic, following the constitution adopted in 1992. There are 3 branches of government – executive, legislative, and judicial. The President is chief of state and the prime minister acts as head of government.
The euro was adopted in 2002 as its unit of currency.
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