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Montenegro –sovereign country located on theBalkan Peninsula inSouthern Europe.[1] It has a coast on theAdriatic Sea to the south and bordersCroatia to the west,Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest,Serbia andKosovo to the northeast,Albania to the southeast. Itscapital and largest city isPodgorica, whileCetinje is designated as thePrijestonica (meaning the old royal capital or former seat of the throne).
The thousand-year history of the Montenegrin state begins in the 9th century with the emergence ofDuklja, avassal state ofByzantium. In those formative years,Duklja was ruled by theVojislavljevic dynasty. In 1042, at the end of his 25-year rule, King Vojislav won a decisive battle near Bar against Byzantium, and Duklja became independent. Duklja's power and prosperity reached their zenith under King Vojislav's son, King Mihailo (1046–81), and his son King Bodin (1081–1101).[2] From the 11th century, it started to be referred to asZeta. It ended with its incorporation intoSerbia in the late 1180s. Beginning with the Crnojević dynasty (late 15th century), Upper Zeta was more often referred to as Crna Gora or by theVenetian termmonte negro. A sovereign principality[3] since theLate Middle Ages, Montenegro saw its independence from theOttoman Empire formally recognized in 1878. From 1918, it was a part of various incarnations ofYugoslavia. On the basis of areferendum held on 21 May 2006, Montenegro declared independence on 3 June. On 28 June 2006, it became the 192nd member state of theUnited Nations;[4] on 11 May 2007 the 47th member state of theCouncil of Europe;[5] and on 5 June 2017, the 29th member ofNATO. On 15 December 2008, Montenegro presented its official application to the European Union, with the hopes of gaining EU candidate status by 2009.[6]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km
Albania 172 km
Serbia 203 km
Croatia 25 kmList of ecoregions in Montenegro
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