Podgorica

Podgorica (formerly Titograd), capital and largest town of Montenegro, lying at the confluence of the Ribnica and Moraça rivers. Podgorica is a commercial centre with factories manufacturing tobacco products, furniture, and processed food. The city includes the University of Montenegro, Podgorica (1974).

The settlement, probably established during early Roman times, was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks from 1474 to 1878. Much of the old city was destroyed during World War II. In 1946 the name of the community was changed from Podgorica to Titograd, after the communist post-war Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The name was changed back to Podgorica in 1992. Population 138,000 (2002).