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Montenegro

It is officially known as the Republic of Montenegro or the Republic of Krna Gora. This name began to be used since the Middle Ages in reference to Zeta, as its history is part of the history of Serbia known as Zeta, or Duklia, which is known as the medieval state, which maintained its existence until the state of Montenegro fell under Ottoman rule in 1496 AD, While maintaining part of its self-rule from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, it then turned into a secular emirate in 1852 AD. In 1878 AD, the independence of Montenegro was officially recognized, as it became self-sovereign, and that was at the Berlin Conference. In 1918 AD, after the end of World War I, Montenegro or Montenegro became part of the kingdom consisting of Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia, which became known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929 AD. In 1945 AD, Josip Broz Tito took over the rule of the new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Serbia. In 1991, Milo Djukanovic assumed the prime ministership of Montenegro and supported its union with Serbia. As for Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, they separated from the union.

In 1992 AD, the state of Montenegro united with Serbia, but in 2003 AD the two united states became one of the weakest countries. In 2006 AD, specifically in the month of May, the state of Montenegro demanded secession from Serbia under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, where a referendum was held to obtain independence, and the European Union set the minimum vote rate for the secession of the two states to be 55%, and the vote barely exceeded this percentage, Independence was officially achieved on June 3 in the year 2006 AD, and Montenegro became an official republic, an official member of the United Nations, and it also became a candidate country for the European Union, as it applied to join it in December of 2008 AD.

The city of Cetinje was the old capital and the residence of the president, while the current capital is the city of Podgorica, which is the main city in it as it is the seat of the government. The country and its ruler are nominated by the Prime Minister and approved by Parliament, whose members are elected every four years. As for the President of the State, he is elected by the people every five years, and he has the right to extend his term of office for an additional two years as a maximum. Among the duties of the president of the country is to represent his country before other countries, and he also calls for parliamentary elections, in addition to calling for holding various referendums. The government consists of the three branches of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, each of which carries out its specific tasks.

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The Republic of Montenegro is located in the southeastern part of the continent of Europe, specifically between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia, and it is bordered to the east by Serbia and the length of the border between them is about 157 km, and to the southeast by the province of Kosovo with a border length of approximately 76 km, and it is bordered to the south by Albania with a border length of about 186 km, and from the northwest direction it is bordered by Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the length of the border between them is 242 km, and the Republic of Montenegro overlooks the Adriatic Sea from the southwest direction, in addition to its adjoining a small part of Croatia from the same direction, as the length of the border between it and Croatia is only 19 km, The total border length of the Republic of Montenegro with neighboring countries is about 680 km.

Montenegro area

The total area of ​​the Republic of Montenegro is about 13,812 kmXNUMX²It includes 13,452 km² land, and 360 km² Water, and the percentage of agricultural land in it is about 38.2%, and it includes 12.9% of arable land, 1.2% of permanent crop land, and approximately 24.1% of permanent grazing lands, while forests amount to 40.4% of the total land, and the percentage of Land with other uses is about 21.4%, and the Republic of Montenegro ranks 162 among the countries of the world in terms of area, and its coastline is about 293.5 km long.

The population of Montenegro

The population of the Republic of Montenegro is 642,550 people, according to 2017 estimates, and it ranks 168th among the countries of the world in terms of population, and the birth rate is about 10 births per 1000 people, while the death rate is 9.7 deaths per 1000 people, and most of the population is concentrated in the southern region , and the southwest, and it can be said that the far eastern region is the least populated region. As for the ages and genders of the population, they are distributed according to the following percentages according to 2017 estimates:

• 0-14 years: their percentage is 15.1%, of whom 47,937 are males and 49,102 are females.
• 15-24 years: their percentage is 9.58%, of whom 27,510 are males and 34,053 are females.
• 25-54 years: their percentage is 46.59%, of whom 161,842 are males and 137,549 are females.
• 55-64 years: their percentage is 13.58%, of whom 43,561 are males and 43,686 are females.
• 65 and over: their percentage is 15.14%, of whom 39,164 are males and 58,146 are females.

Most of the population speaks the Serbian language at a rate of 42.9%, while they speak the language of Montenegro at a rate of 37%. As for the Albanian language, the rate of use is about 5.3%, and the rate of use of the Serbo-Croatian language is only about 2%, and the population uses other languages ​​at a rate of 3.5%. Unspecified languages ​​are about 4%, according to 2011 estimates. As for the religions that the population profess, they are Orthodox by 72.1%, and Islamic by 19.1%. As for Catholicism, the percentage of conversion is 3.4%, and the percentage of atheists among the population is 1.2%, while other religions are 1.5%. Its conversion is 2.6%, while the percentage of unspecified religions is about XNUMX%.

Montenegro climate

The low-lying regions of Montenegro have a Mediterranean climate, with dry summers and mild, rainy winters, with heavy snowfall in the interior. Temperatures vary with altitude. The month of July is the warmest month in the country, and the city of Podgorica is the highest in temperatures in this month, as the average temperature reaches 26 degrees Celsius, or approximately 80 degrees Fahrenheit, while in the winter, specifically in January In January, temperatures drop to 5 degrees Celsius, or about 41 degrees Fahrenheit. As for the mountainous regions, the climate is similar to that of the Alps to a large extent, and it rains so much that it is considered one of the regions with the most precipitation in Europe during the cold months of the year. And the lowest average temperature in Montenegro is in January, when it ranges from 8 degrees Celsius (about 46 degrees Fahrenheit) in the city of Bar on the southern coast to -3 degrees Celsius in the northern mountains, or about 27 degrees Fahrenheit.