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Area: |
13 812 km2 |
Largest city and capital: |
Podgorica |
Prijestonica (former
capital/seat of king/government): |
Cetinje |
Population (estimate mid 1998): |
650 575 |
Geographic
extreme points |
North: |
43°
32 SGS
18° 58 IGD |
South: |
41°
52 SGS
19° 22 IGD |
East: |
42°
53 SGS
20° 21 IGD |
Coastline: |
293,5 km |
Land borders: |
614 km |
With Hrvatska: |
14 km |
With Bosna i
Hercegovina |
225 km |
With Srbija: |
203 km |
With Albanija: |
172 km |
Longest beach: |
Velika plaza(Long
Beach)Ulcinj-13,000m |
Highest peak: |
Bobotov kuk(Mt. Durmitor)-2.522
m |
Largest lake: |
Lake Skadar - 391
km2 |
Deepest canyon: |
The Tara River - 1.300
m |
Largest bay: |
Boka Kotorska(The Bay of
Kotor) |
National parks:
|
- Durmitor - 39.000 ha
- Lovcen
- 6.400 ha
- Biogradska
gora - 5.400 ha
- Lake
Skadar - 40.000 ha |
World heritage under the
UNESCO protection: |
- Mt.
Durmitor with the Tara canyon
- Kotor
- the old City
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Population by town: |
Andrijevica: |
6696 |
Bar: |
37321 |
Berane: |
38953 |
Bijelo Polje: |
55628 |
Budva: |
11717 |
Danilovgrad: |
14718 |
Zabljak: |
4914 |
Kolasin: |
11120 |
Kotor: |
22410 |
Mojkovac: |
10830 |
Niksic: |
74706 |
Plav: |
19305 |
Pluzine: |
5247 |
Pljevlja: |
39593 |
Podgorica: |
152025 |
Rozaje: |
22976 |
Tivat: |
11429 |
Ulcinj: |
24217 |
Herceg Novi: |
27593 |
Cetinje: |
20307 |
Savnik: |
3690 |
Average temperature in January: |
5°C |
Average temperature in July: |
25ºC |
See weather forecast for Montenegro!
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