02/28/2011 General information about Montenegro
Country name:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Montenegro
local long form: none
local short form: Crna Gora
former: People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Montenegro
Location: Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia
Geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 19 18 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 13,812 sq km
country comparison to the world: 161
land: 13,452 sq km water: 360 sq km
Land boundaries: total: 625 km border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km
Coastline: 293.5 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: defined by treaty
Climate: Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland
Terrain: highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
Natural resources: bauxite, hydroelectricity Land use: arable land: 13.7% permanent crops: 1% other: 85.3%
Government type: republic
Capital: name: Podgorica
geographic coordinates: 42 26 N, 19 16 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: 21 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina); Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pljevlja, Pluzine, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak
Independence: 3 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro)
National holiday: National Day, 13 July (1878)
Legal system: based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Population: 666,730 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 165
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 52,645/female 54,846) 15-64 years: 70.3% (male 244,949/female 227,794) 65 years and over: 13.7% (male 37,217/female 54,729) (2010 est.)
Median age: total: 37.2 years male: 35.9 years female: 38.8 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.777% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 229
Airports: 5 (2010) country comparison to the world: 182
Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Heliports: 1 (2010)
Railways: total: 250 km country comparison to the world: 125 standard gauge: 250 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 169 km) (2007)
Roadways: total: 7,404 km country comparison to the world: 146 paved: 4,927 km unpaved: 2,477 km (2008)
Merchant marine: total: 2 country comparison to the world: 144 by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 1 registered in other countries: 5 (Bahamas 2, Honduras 2, Slovakia 1) (2010)
Ports and terminals: Bar
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