Geography of Montenegro
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The Montenegro (Montenegrin: Crna Gora, Црна Гора meaning "black mountain") is a small, mountainous state in south-west Balkans, bordering Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and the Adriatic Sea.
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[edit] Terrain
[edit] The Coast
The coast of Montenegro is 294 km. Boka Kotor is very beautiful, in the XIX century the Italians were there. Kotor and Ulcinj are the oldest places in the Adriatic Sea. Boka is the most beautiful place in southern Europe. The islands in Montenegro are:
- Mamula (Lastavica, Velika Žanjica)
- Otok
- St.Marko
- St.George
- St. Nicola
The most beautiful island and the biggest is Ada Bojanja.
[edit] Lakes
- Skadar(Scutari) Lake
- Lake Biograd
- Black Lake
- Lake Plav
- Lake Piva
See List of lakes in Montenegro
[edit] Rocky tablelands
[edit] Central Montenegrin depression
[edit] High mountains
See List of mountains in Montenegro
[edit] Climate
[edit] Regions and municipalities of Montenegro
[edit] Regions
[edit] Municipalities
Montenegro is divided into 21 municipality:
- Andrijevica
- Bar
- Berane
- Bijelo Polje
- Budva
- Cetinje
- Danilovgrad
- Herceg Novi
- Kolašin
- Kotor
- Mojkovac
- Nikšić
- Plav
- Pljevlja
- Plužine
- Podgorica
- Rožaje
- Tivat
- Ulcinj
- Šavnik
- Žabljak
[edit] Major cities and towns in Montenegro
- Podgorica (capital; 136,473 inhabitants)
- Nikšić (58,212)
- Pljevlja (21,377)
- Bijelo Polje (15,883)
- Herceg Novi (16,493, including Igalo)
- Berane (11,776)
The former royal capital and the seat of the throne is Cetinje.
[edit] Geology
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[edit] Natural Resources
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[edit] Facts
- Geographic coordinates:
- Total area: 14,026 km²
- Land area: 13,812 km²
- Water area: 214 km²
- Population: 620,145 (2003 census); 630,548 (2004 estimate [1])
- Length of the coast (coastline): 293.5 km
- Length of the international borders: 625 km (total)
- Land under cultivation: 517,153 ha
- Land use:
- arable land: 13.7%
- permanent crops: 1%
- other: 85.3%
- Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut
- Points:
- Lowest point: Adriatic Sea - 0 m
- Highest point: Bobotov Kuk - 2,522 m
[edit] References
- ^ The World Factbook, CIA, 2008.
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of Croatia, State Institute of Statistics, section Geographical data, Zagreb, 2008.
[edit] See also
- Geology of Montenegro
- Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
- Extreme points of Serbia and Montenegro
