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Montenegro (/?m?nt?'ne?gro?, -'ni?gro?, -'n?gro?/ (About this soundlisten);

Montenegrin: ???? ???? / Crna Gora [tsr?^?na? gora]) is a country in Southeast
Europe
on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest; Serbia and

Kosovo[a] to the east, Albania to the south and Croatia to the west. Montenegr has
an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,079 (2011 census).
Its capital Podgorica is one of the twenty-three municipalities in the country.
Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital.

During the Early Medieval period, three principalities were located on the
territory
of modern-day Montenegro: Duklja, roughly corresponding to the southern half;
Travunia,
the west; and Rascia proper, the north.[10][11][12] In 1042, archon Stefan Vojislav
led a
revolt that resulted in the independence of Duklja from the Byzantine Empire and
the
establishment of the Vojislavljevic dynasty. After being ruled by the Nemanjic
dynasty
for two centuries, the independent Principality of Zeta emerged in the 14th and
15th centuries,
ruled by the House of Bal�ic between 1356 and 1421, and by the House of Crnojevic
between 1431
and 1498, when the name Montenegro started being used for the country. After
falling under
Ottoman rule, Montenegro regained de facto independence in 1697 under the rule of
the
House of Petrovic-Njego�, first under the theocratic rule of prince-bishops, before
being
transformed into a secular principality in 1852. Montenegro's de jure independence
was recognised
by the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin in 1878, following the
Montenegrin�Ottoman War.
In 1905, the country became a kingdom. After World War I, it became part of
Yugoslavia.
Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro
together established
a federation known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was renamed to the
State Union of
Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. On the basis of an independence referendum held in
May 2006,
Montenegro declared independence and the federation peacefully dissolved on 3 June
of that year.

In the 9th century, three Slavic principalities were located on the territory of
Montenegro:
Duklja, roughly corresponding to the southern half, Travunia, the west, and
Rascia, the north.
[10][11] Duklja gained its independence from the Byzantine Roman Empire in 1042.
Over the next few decades, it expanded its territory to neighbouring Rascia and
Bosnia,
and also became recognised as a kingdom. Its power started declining at the
beginning of
the 12th century. After King Bodin's death (in 1101 or 1108), several civil wars
ensued.
Duklja reached its zenith under Vojislav's son, Mihailo (1046�81), and his grandson

Constantine Bodin (1081�1101).[17] By the 13th century, Zeta had replaced Duklja
when
referring to the realm. In the late 14th century, southern Montenegro (Zeta)
came under the rule of the Bal�ic noble family, then the Crnojevic noble family,
and by the 15th
century, Zeta was more often referred to as Crna Gora (Venetian: monte negro).