Montenegro — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore Montenegro: capital Podgorica, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

Montenegro is in Europe. Its capital is Podgorica.

Climate

Mediterranean along the coast; continental with heavy snowfall in the mountainous interior

Highly mountainous with narrow coastal plain; deep gorges and canyons carved by rivers

Montenegro means "Black Mountain" and has Europe's deepest canyon.

The Tara River Canyon is the deepest canyon in Europe at 1,300 meters, second only to the Grand Canyon worldwide.

Montenegro's Bay of Kotor is often called the southernmost fjord in Europe, though it is technically a submerged river canyon.

1042: Battle of Bar establishes an independent Slavic principality of Duklja

1516: Theocratic rule of prince-bishops (vladika) begins in Montenegro

1878: Congress of Berlin recognizes Montenegro as an independent state

1918: Montenegro merges with Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

2006: Montenegro declares independence from Serbia following a referendum