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Montenegro

Montenegro (mon"tunē'grō) [key], Serbo-Croatian Crna Gora, officially Republic of Montenegro, republic (1995 est. pop. 708,000), 5,332 sq mi (13,810 sq km), W Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Croatia in the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northwest, Serbia in northeast and east, Albania in the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea in the southwest. Podgorica is the capital and largest city.

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