 DID YOU KNOW? |
· On the Montenegrin Seaside (the coastline of 293 km) there are 117 beaches in total, 73 km in length of which sand beaches make 33 km.
· Mountainous zones of over 1,000 m comprise 60.5% of the territory.
· One of the only two jungles in Europe are situated in National Park Biogradska Gora.
· The name Montenegro (Black Mountain) was probably derived from the thick "black" forests, that in the mediaeval times had been covering Mt. Lovcen. It was first mentioned in 1276.
· Montenegro has always been a big problem for cartographers as it was impossible to write all the letters of its name into the small space assigned to it on the map.
| · Montenegro made the Declaration Ecological State in 1991 and since then it is living according to the obligations.
· Montenegro was a NATO ally during the war and has received nearly 70,000 refugees, according to UN estimates, which make up approx. 10% of the population.
· Montenegrins are on average the tallest nation in Europe.
· Podgorica, the administrative capital on Montenegro, used to be called Titograd after its architect the former Yugoslav famous 20th century leader. After the fall of the former SFR Yugoslavia, in 1992 its name was reverted back to Podgorica. |
