Montenegro
Montenegro is a country in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of Europe's newest independent countries, having gained its independence in 2006.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Podgorica and Cetinje.
Podgorica
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Podgorica, during SFR Yugoslavia named Titograd in honor of Josip Broz Tito, the long-lasting leader of Yugoslavia, is the capital of Montenegro. While not a typical European eye candy, the city is definitely worth visiting, owing to its interesting mix of old and new, its café culture and nightlife, and its laid back Mediterranean atmosphere.
Cetinje
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Cetinje is the historic capital of Montenegro. The city is of enormous historical and spiritual value to Montenegro. During the siege of the Ottoman empire, Montenegro itself had, at numerous times, been reduced to just Cetinje and its surroundings.
Kotor
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Kotor is a coastal town in Montenegro with a population of 22,000. It is known for its beautiful architecture and natural setting in the deepest part of the Bay of Kotor.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Central Montenegro and North Montenegrin Mountains.
Central Montenegro
Bay of Kotor
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The Bay of Kotor is a region of Montenegro. The bay, the city of Kotor and the surrounding territory are a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Budva Riviera
Montenegrin South Coast
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The Southern Coast of Montenegro is a jewel of the Balkans, where majestic mountains meet the crystal-clear waters of the Adriatic Sea, and every corner seems designed for serene relaxation.
Montenegro
- Type: Country with 678,000 residents
- Description: country in southeastern Europe
- Also known as: “Crna Gora”, “me”, “MNE”, “People’s Republic of Montenegro”, “Republic of Montenegro”, “Socialist Republic of Montenegro”, and “Tlīltepēc”
- Languages: Serbian, Hungarian, Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian, and Romany
- Neighbors: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, and Serbia
- Categories: sovereign state, Mediterranean country, successor state, and locality
- Location: Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
42.77° or 42° 46′ 12″ northLongitude of center
19.2° or 19° 12′ eastPopulation
678,000Area
14,026 km² (5,415 miles²)Elevation
1,678 metres (5,505 feet)Capital
PodgoricaCurrency
Euro (EUR)Phone code
.meInternet domain
382OpenStreetMap ID
node 445970763OpenStreetMap feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
3194884Wikidata ID
Q236
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Montenegro” goes by many names.
- Abkhazian: “Черногориа”
- Achinese: “Monténègrô”
- Adyghe: “Черногорие”
- Afrikaans: “Montenegro”
- Albanian: “Mal i Zi”
- Albanian: “Mali i Zi”
- Amharic: “ሞንተኔግሮ”
- Amharic: “ሞንቴኔግሮ”
- Amis: “Montenegro”
- Angika: “माँटेनीग्रो”
- Arabic: “الجبل الأسود”
- Arabic: “مونتينيغرو”
- Aragonese: “Montenegro”
- Armenian: “Չեռնոգորիա”
- Arpitan: “Montènègro”
- Assamese: “মণ্টেনেগ্ৰু”
- Asturian: “Montenegru”
- Atayal: “Montenegro”
- Avaric: “Чеэраб Меэр”
- Avaric: “ЧІегІермегІер”
- Avaric: “ЧӀегӀермегӀер”
- Azerbaijani: “Çernoqoriya”
- Azerbaijani: “Monteneqro”
- Balinese: “Montenegro”
- Bashkir: “Черногория”
- Basque: “Montenegro”
- Bavarian: “Montenegro”
- Belarusian: “Чарнагорыя”
- Bengali: “মন্টিনিগ্রো”
- Bengali: “মন্টিনেগ্রো”
- Betawi: “Gunung Item”
- Bhojpuri: “मोंटीनीग्रो”
- Bishnupriya: “মন্টিনিগ্রো”
- Bislama: “Montenegro”
- Bosnian: “Crna Gora”
- Breton: “Montenegro”
- Bulgarian: “Република Черна гора”
- Bulgarian: “Черна гора”
- Burmese: “မွန်တီနိဂရိုး”
- Burmese: “မွန်တီနီဂရိုးနိုင်ငံ”
- Catalan: “Montenegro”
- Cebuano: “Montenegro”
- Central Bikol: “Montenegro”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆنتینیگرۆ”
- Chavacano: “Montenegro”
- Chechen: “Ӏаьржаламанхойчоь”
- Chechen: “Ӏаьржаламанчоь”
- Cherokee: “ᎼᏂᏔᏁᎦᎶ”
- Chinese: “Montenegro”
- Chinese: “芒特尼格羅”
- Chinese: “蒙地內哥羅”
- Chinese: “蒙特內哥羅”
- Chinese: “蒙特內格羅”
- Chinese: “蒙特尼哥羅”
- Chinese: “蒙特尼格羅”
- Chinese: “門的內哥羅”
- Chinese: “门的内哥罗”
- Chinese: “黑山 / 蒙特內哥羅”
- Chinese: “黑山”
- Church Slavic: “Чрьна Гора”
- Chuvash: “Хурату”
- Chuvash: “Черногори”
- Cornish: “Montenegro”
- Corsican: “Montenegru”
- Crimean Tatar: “Montenegro”
- Croatian: “Crna Gora”
- Czech: “Černá Hora”
- Dagbani: “Montenegro”
- Danish: “Montenegro”
- Dhivehi: “މޮންޓެނީގުރޯ”
- Dimli (individual language): “Montenegro”
- Dotyali: “मोन्टेनेग्रो”
- Dutch: “ME”
- Dutch: “MNE”
- Dutch: “Montenegro”
- Dzongkha: “མོན་ཊི་ནེག་རོ”
- Dzongkha: “མོན་ཊེ་ནེ་གྲོ།”
- Eastern Mari: “Шемкурык Эл”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مونتنيجرو”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مونتينيجرو”
- Erzya: “Черногория Мастор”
- Esperanto: “ME”
- Esperanto: “Montenegro”
- Esperanto: “Nigramonto”
- Estonian: “Montenegro”
- Ewe: “Montenegro nutome”
- Ewe: “Montenegro”
- Extremaduran: “Montenegru”
- Faroese: “Montenegro”
- Fiji Hindi: “Montenegro”
- Finnish: “Montenegro”
- French: “le Monténégro”
- French: “ME”
- French: “Montén.”
- French: “Montenegro”
- French: “Monténégro”
- French: “République du Monténégro”
- Friulian: “Montenegro”
- Friulian: “Montneri”
- Fulah: “Montenegoro”
- Fulah: “Montenegro”
- Gagauz: “Çernogoriya”
- Gagauz: “Karadaa”
- Galician: “Montenegro”
- Ganda: “Montenegro”
- Georgian: “მონტენეგრო”
- Georgian: “ჩერნოგორია”
- German: “me”
- German: “Montenegro”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Montenegro”
- Gilaki: “مؤنتهنگرؤ”
- Goan Konkani: “Montenegro”
- Goan Konkani: “माँटेनिग्रो”
- Gothic: “𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
- Greek: “Μαυροβούνιο”
- Greek: “Μοντενέγκρο”
- Guarani: “Montenégyro”
- Guianese Creole French: “Monténégro”
- Gujarati: “મૉન્ટેનેગ્રો”
- Gujarati: “મોન્ટેનીગ્રો”
- Haitian: “Montenegwo”
- Hakka Chinese: “Montenegro”
- Hakka Chinese: “Mùng-thi̍t-nui-kô-lò”
- Hausa: “Mantanegara”
- Hausa: “Montenegro”
- Hawaiian: “Montenegero”
- Hebrew: “מונטנגרו”
- Hindi: “माँटेनीग्रो”
- Hindi: “मॉन्टेनीग्रो”
- Hindi: “मोंटेनेग्रो”
- Hindi: “मोण्टेनेग्रो”
- Hungarian: “Montenegró”
- Icelandic: “Montenegro”
- Icelandic: “Svartfjallaland”
- Ido: “Montenegro”
- Igbo: “Montenegro”
- Iloko: “Montenegro”
- Inari Sami: “Montenegro”
- Indonesian: “Montenegro”
- Interlingua: “Montenegro”
- Interlingue: “Montenegro”
- Irish: “Montainéagró”
- Italian: “Montenegro”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Montenegro”
- Japanese: “モンテネグロ”
- Javanese: “Giri Cemeng”
- Javanese: “Montenégro”
- Kabardian: “БгыфӀыцӀей”
- Kabardian: “КъущхьэфӀыцӀэ”
- Kabyle: “Adrar aberkan”
- Kabyle: “Montinegro”
- Kalaallisut: “Montenegro”
- Kalmyk: “Хар Уулин Орн”
- Kannada: “ಮಾಂಟೆನೆಗ್ರೊ”
- Kannada: “ಮೊಂಟೆನೆಗ್ರೋ”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Chernogoriya”
- Kara-Kalpak: “ME”
- Kara-Kalpak: “MNE”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Shernogoriya”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Черногория”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Къаратау”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Черногория”
- Kashmiri: “موٹونیگِریو”
- Kashubian: “Czôrnogóra”
- Kazakh: “Черногория”
- Khmer: “ម៉ុងតេណេហ្គ្រោ”
- Kinyarwanda: “Montenegoro”
- Kirghiz: “Монтенегро”
- Kirghiz: “Черногория”
- Komering: “Montenegro”
- Komi-Permyak: “Цӧрнагора”
- Komi: “Черногория”
- Kongo: “Monte Negro”
- Korean: “몬테네그로”
- Korean: “쯔르나고라”
- Kotava: “Cernagora”
- Kurdish: “Montenegro”
- Ladin: “Montenegro”
- Ladino: “Montenegro”
- Lao: “ປະເທດມອນເຕເນໂກຣ”
- Lao: “ປະເທດມົງເຕເນໂກ”
- Lao: “ມອນເຕເນໂກຣ”
- Latgalian: “Malnkalneja”
- Latin: “Mons Niger”
- Latvian: “Melnkalne”
- Lezghian: “ЧӀулавсув”
- Ligurian: “Monteneigro”
- Ligurian: “Montenéigro”
- Limburgan: “Montenegro”
- Lingala: “Montenegro”
- Lingala: “Monténégro”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Montenegro”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Tsernagora”
- Literary Chinese: “蒙特內哥羅”
- Literary Chinese: “黑山”
- Lithuanian: “Juodkalnija”
- Liv: “Montenegro”
- Livvi: “Montenegro”
- Lombard: “Muntnegher”
- Low German: “Montenegro”
- Lower Sorbian: “Carnogórska”
- Luxembourgish: “Montenegro”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Montenegro”
- Macedonian: “Црна Гора”
- Madurese: “Montenegro”
- Malagasy: “Montenegro”
- Malagasy: “Môntenegrô”
- Malay: “Montenegro”
- Malayalam: “മൊണ്ടിനെഗ്രോ”
- Malayalam: “മോണ്ടെനെഗ്രൊ”
- Malayalam: “മോണ്ടെനെഗ്രോ”
- Maltese: “il-Montenegro”
- Maltese: “Montenegro”
- Manipuri: “ꯃꯣꯟꯇꯦꯅꯦꯒ꯭ꯔꯣ”
- Manx: “Crna Gora”
- Manx: “me”
- Manx: “MNE”
- Manx: “Montenegro”
- Manx: “y Slieau Doo”
- Maori: “Monotenīkoro”
- Maori: “Montenegro”
- Marathi: “माँटेनिग्रो”
- Marathi: “मोंटेनेग्रो”
- Mazanderani: “مونته نگرو”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Montenegro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Montenegro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “O͘-soaⁿ Kiōng-hô-kok”
- Min Nan Chinese: “O͘-soaⁿ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “O·-soaⁿ Kiōng-hô-kok”
- Min Nan Chinese: “O·-soaⁿ”
- Minangkabau: “Montenegro”
- Mingrelian: “მონტენეგრო”
- Mingrelian: “ჩერნოგორია”
- Mirandese: “Montenegro”
- Moksha: “Равжа Панда”
- Mongolian: “Монтенегро”
- Moroccan Arabic: “مونطينيڭرو”
- Moroccan Arabic: “مونطينيݣرو”
- Narom: “Crna Gora”
- Nauru: “Montenegro”
- Navajo: “Dziłizhin Bikéyah”
- Navajo: “Dziłizhin Dineʼé Bikéyah”
- Neapolitan: “Montenegro”
- Nepali: “मोन्टेनिग्रो”
- Nepali: “मोन्टेनेग्रो”
- Northern Frisian: “Monteneegro”
- Northern Luri: “مونتئنئگرو”
- Northern Sami: “Montenegro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Montenegro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Republikken Montenegro”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montenegro”
- Norwegian: “Montenegro”
- Novial: “Montenegro”
- Obolo: “Mọntinegiro”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Montenegro”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܪܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sweartbeorg”
- Oriya: “ମଣ୍ଟେନିଗ୍ରୋ”
- Oriya: “ମୋଣ୍ଟେନେଗ୍ରୋ”
- Oromo: “Moonteneegroo”
- Ossetian: “Черногори”
- Pa'o Karen: “မွန်တီနေဂရိုးခမ်းထီ”
- Pampanga: “Montenegru”
- Pangasinan: “Montenegro”
- Panjabi: “ਮੋਂਟੇਨੇਗਰੋ”
- Papiamento: “Montenegro”
- Persian: “مونتهنگرو”
- Persian: “مونتینگرو”
- Picard: “Noérmont”
- Piemontese: “Montnèigr”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Montiniegrow”
- Polish: “Czarnogóra”
- Pontic: “Μαυροβούνιον”
- Portuguese: “Montenegro”
- Pushto: “Crna Gora”
- Pushto: “me”
- Pushto: “MNE”
- Pushto: “مانتېنېګرو”
- Pushto: “مانتېنېگرو”
- Pushto: “مونټینیګرو”
- Quechua: “Montenegro”
- Quechua: “Muntinikru”
- Quechua: “Yanaurqu”
- Romanian: “Muntenegru”
- Romansh: “Montenegro”
- Russia Buriat: “Монтенегро”
- Russia Buriat: “Черногори”
- Russian: “Crna Gora”
- Russian: “Montenegro”
- Russian: “Црна Гора”
- Russian: “Черногория”
- Rusyn: “Чорна Гора”
- Sakizaya: “Montenegro”
- Samoan: “Montenegro”
- Samogitian: “Joudkalnėjė”
- Sardinian: “Montenegro”
- Saterfriesisch: “Montenegro”
- Scots: “Montenegro”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Am Monadh Neagrach”
- Serbian: “Crna Gora”
- Serbian: “me”
- Serbian: “MNE”
- Serbian: “Republika Crna Gora”
- Serbian: “Монтенегро”
- Serbian: “Црна Гора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crna Gora”
- Serbo-Croatian: “me”
- Serbo-Croatian: “MNE”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Црна Гора”
- Shan: “မိူင်းမွၼ်ႇတေႇၼေးၵရူဝ်ႇ”
- Shona: “Montenegro”
- Shona: “Monthenegiro”
- Sicilian: “Montenegru”
- Silesian: “Czorno Gůra”
- Sindhi: “مونٽي نيگرو”
- Sinhala: “මොන්ටිනිග්රෝ”
- Sinhala: “මොන්ටෙනීග්රෝ”
- Skolt Sami: “Montenegro”
- Slovak: “Čierna Hora”
- Slovenian: “Crna Gora”
- Slovenian: “Črna gora”
- Slovenian: “me”
- Slovenian: “MNE”
- Somali: “Montenegro”
- Somali: “Moontenegro”
- South Azerbaijani: “مونتینیقرو”
- Spanish: “Montenegro”
- Sranan Tongo: “Montenegrokondre”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⴰⴱⵔⴽⴰⵏ”
- Sundanese: “Monténégro”
- Swahili: “Montenegro”
- Swati: “IMonthenekho”
- Swedish: “Montenegro”
- Swiss German: “Montenegro”
- Tagalog: “Montenegro”
- Tajik: “Монтенегро”
- Tajik: “Черногория”
- Talysh: “Sijobandistan”
- Talysh: “Siyobandston”
- Tamil: “மான்டேனெக்ரோ”
- Tamil: “மொண்டெனேகுரோ”
- Taroko: “Montenegro”
- Tatar: “Каратау”
- Tatar: “Монтенегро”
- Tatar: “Черногория”
- Telugu: “మాంటెనెగ్రో”
- Telugu: “మొంటెనేగ్రో”
- Tetum: “Montenegru”
- Thai: “ประเทศมอนเตเนโกร”
- Thai: “มอนเตเนโกร”
- Tibetan: “མོན་ཊེནིག་རོ།”
- Tigrinya: “ሞንቴኔግሮ”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Monitenikalo”
- Tosk Albanian: “Montenegro”
- Tsonga: “Montenegro”
- Tumbuka: “Montenegro”
- Tunisian Arabic: “الجبل الأسود”
- Turkish: “Çernogorya”
- Turkish: “Karadağ”
- Turkmen: “Çernogoriýa”
- Turkmen: “Garadag”
- Turkmen: “Montenegro”
- Tuvinian: “Карадаг”
- Tuvinian: “Черногория”
- Udmurt: “Черногория”
- Uighur: “چېرنوگورىيە”
- Uighur: “قارا تاغ”
- Uighur: “مونتهنەگرو”
- Uighur: “مونتەنەگرو”
- Ukrainian: “Чорногорія”
- Upper Sorbian: “Čorna Hora”
- Upper Sorbian: “Montenegro”
- Urdu: “مونٹینیگرو”
- Urdu: “مونٹے نیگرو”
- Uzbek: “Chernogoriya”
- Venetian: “Montenegro”
- Venetian: “Montenégro”
- Veps: “Černogorii”
- Veps: “Montenegro”
- Veps: “Mustmägi”
- Vietnamese: “Montenegro”
- Vlaams: “Montenegro”
- Vlax Romani: “Montenegro”
- Volapük: “Montenegrän”
- Võro: “Montõnegro”
- Walloon: “Montenegro”
- Waray (Philippines): “Montenegro”
- Welsh: “Montenegro”
- Western Armenian: “Մոնթենեկրօ”
- Western Frisian: “Montenegro”
- Western Panjabi: “مونٹی نیگرو”
- Wolof: “Montenegoro”
- Wolof: “Montenegro”
- Wu Chinese: “黑山”
- Wu Chinese: “黑山共和国”
- Xhosa: “Montenegro”
- Yakut: “Монтенегро”
- Yakut: “Хара Хайа”
- Yakut: “Черногория”
- Yiddish: “מאנטענעגרא”
- Yoruba: “Montenegro”
- Yoruba: “Montenẹ́grò”
- Yue Chinese: “黑山”
- Zeeuws: “Montenehro”
- Zhuang: “Montenegro”
- Zulu: “i-Montenegro”
- Zulu: “IMontenegro”
- “Joudkalnėjė”
- “ma Sinakola”
- “Mondegnure”
- “Montenegro”
- “Mòntnégar”
- “Montõnegro”
- “Muntinigru”
- “Tliltepek”
- “मोंटीनीग्रो”
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