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Introduction

Montenegro (in Serbian, Crna Gora; Italian, Monte Negro, “black mountain”), former constituent republic of the federal republic of Serbia and Montenegro, and formerly a republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Montenegro is bounded on the north by Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the east by Serbia, on the south by Albania, and on the south-west by the Adriatic Sea. The area of Montenegro is 13,812 sq km (5,333 sq mi). Podgorica is the capital of Montenegro.