Montenegro

National name: Republike Crne Gore

President: Filip Vujanovic (2006)

Prime Minister: Zeljko Sturanovic (2006)

Land area: 5,333 sq mi (13,812 sq km); total area: 5,415 sq mi (14,026 sq km)

Population (2004): 630,548; birth rate: 12.6/1000; density per sq mi: 118

Capital (1991 est.): Podgorica (administrative capital), 117,875; Cetinje (capital city), 14,700

Other large cities (1991): Nikšić, 56,141; Kotor, 5,620

Monetary unit: Euro

Languages: Serbian/Montenegrin (Ijekavian dialect—official)

Ethnicity/race: Montenegrin 43%, Serbian 32%, Bosniak 8%, Albanian 5%, other (Muslims, Croats, Roma) 12%

Religions: Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic

Literacy rate: 96.4% (2002 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $2.412 billion; per capita $3,800. Real growth rate: n.a. Inflation: 3.4% (2004). Unemployment: 27.7%. Arable land: 13.7%. Agriculture: grains, tobacco, potatoes, citrus fruits, olives, grapes; sheepherding; commercial fishing negligible. Labor force: 259,100; agriculture 2%, industry 30%, services 68% (2004). Industries: steelmaking, agricultural processing, consumer goods, tourism. Natural resources: bauxite, hydroelectricity. Exports: $171.3 million (2003). Imports: $601.7 million (2003). Major trading partners: Switzerland, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Germany.

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 177,663 (2005); mobile cellular: 543,220 (2005). Radio broadcast stations: 31 (2004). Television broadcast stations: 13 (2004). Internet users: 50,000 (2004).

Transportation: Railways: total: 50,000 (2004). Highways: total: 7,353 km; paved: 4,274 km (including 560 km of expressways); unpaved: 3,079 km (2005). Waterways: 587 km; Danube River runs through Serbia connecting Europe with the Black Sea; in early 2000 the river was obstructed at Novi Sad due to a pontoon bridge; a canal system in north Serbia is available to by-pass damage, however, lock size is limited (1999). Ports and terminals: Bar. Airports: see Serbia.

International disputes: Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo refuse demarcation of the boundary with Macedonia in accordance with the 2000 Macedonia-Serbia and Montenegro delimitation agreement, which includes a section of boundary with Montenegro.


 

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