Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro ranks 84th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kenya, Ecuador, and Lebanon. Memorable people born in present day Montenegro include Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Radovan Karadžić, and Nicholas I of Montenegro. Memorable people who died in Montenegro include Sabbatai Zevi, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Montenegro has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Montenegro is a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Its 25 municipalities have a total population of 633,158 people in an area of 13,883 km2. It is bordered by Serbia to the northeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, and Croatia to the west, and has a coastline along the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is the Old Royal Capital and cultural centre. In June 2006 Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia and Montenegro following an independence referendum, creating Montenegro and Serbia as they exist today. Read more on Wikipedia