Montenegro

party to:

Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

noun:

Montenegrin(s)

adjective:

Montenegrin

total:

37.8 years

male:

36.5 years

female:

39.2 years (2011 est.)

at birth:

1.072 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

0.95 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.67 male(s)/female

total population:

0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

degree of risk:

intermediate

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea

vectorborne disease:

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (2009)

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Montenegro

local long form:

none

local short form:

Crna Gora

former:

People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Montenegro

name:

Podgorica

geographic coordinates:

42 26 N, 19 16 E

time difference:

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

daylight saving time:

+1 hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

• 21 municipalities (opstine, singular - opstina);
• Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pljevlja, Pluzine, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak

chief of state:

President Filip VUJANOVIC (since 6 April 2008)

head of government:

Prime Minister Igor LUKSIC (since 29 December 2010)

cabinet:

Ministries act as cabinet; (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website)

elections:

• president elected by direct vote for five-year term (eligible for a second term);
• election last held on 6 April 2008 (next to be held in 2013);
• prime minister proposed by president, accepted by Assembly

election results:

Filip VUJANOVIC reelected president; Filip VUJANOVIC 51.9%, Andrija MANDIC 19.6%, Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC 16.6%, Srdan MILIC 11.9%

Albanian Alternative or AA [Vesel SINISHTAJ]; Coalition for European Montenegro (bloc) [Milo DJUKANOVIC] (includes Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS [Milo DJUKANOVIC], Social Democratic Party or SDP [Ranko KRIVOKAPIC], Bosniak Party of BS [Rafet HUSOVIC], and Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI [Marija VUCINOVIC); Coalition SNP-NS-DSS (bloc) (includes Socialist People's Party or SNP [Srdjan MILIC], People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag POPOVIC], and Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko KADIC]); Democratic League-Party of Democratic Prosperity or SPP [Mehmet BARDHIJ]; Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA [Ferhat DINOSHA]; For a Different Montenegro (bloc) [Goran BATRICEVIC] (includes Democratic Center or DC [Goran BATRICEVIC] and Liberal Party of Montenegro or LP [Miodrag ZIVKOVIC]); FORCA [Nazif CUNGU]; Movement for Changes or PZP [Nebojsa MEDOJEVIC]; National Coalition (includes People's Party of Montenegro or NS [Predrag POPOVIC] and Democratic Serbian Party of Montenegro or DSS [Ranko KADIC]); New Serb Democracy or NOVA [Andrija MANDIC]; Socialist People's Party of Montenegro or SNP [Srdjan MILIC]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Srdjan DARMANOVIC

chancery:

1610 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20009

telephone:

[1] (202) 234-6108

FAX:

[1] (202) 234-6109

consulate(s) general:

New York

chief of mission:

Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Benjamin LOWENTHAL

embassy:

Ljubljanska bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

mailing address:

use embassy street address

telephone:

[382] 81 225 417

FAX:

[382] 81 241 358

• a red field bordered by a narrow golden-yellow stripe with the Montenegrin coat of arms centered;
• the arms consist of a double-headed golden eagle - symbolizing the unity of church and state - surmounted by a crown;
• the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left;
• the breast shield over the eagle shows a golden lion passant on a green field in front of a blue sky;
• the lion is symbol of episcopal authority and harks back to the three and a half centuries that Montenegro was ruled as a theocracy

name:

"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" (Oh, Bright Dawn of May)

lyrics/music:

Sekula DRLJEVIC/unknown, arranged by Zarko MIKOVIC

note: adopted 2004; the anthem's music is based on a Montenegrin folk song

agriculture:

NA%

industry:

NA%

services:

NA%

agriculture:

2%

industry:

30%

services:

68% (2004 est.)

lowest 10%:

3.6%

highest 10%:

24.1% (2008)

revenues:

$NA

expenditures:

$NA

general assessment:

modern telecommunications system with access to European satellites

domestic:

GSM mobile-cellular service, available through multiple providers with national coverage, is growing

international:

country code - 382; 2 international switches connect the national system

• state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster operates 2 terrestrial television networks, 1 satellite TV channel, and 2 radio networks;
• roughly a dozen privately-owned TV broadcasters operate networks nationally, regionally, and locally;
• in addition to the 2 state-owned national radio networks, roughly 50 privately-owned radio stations and networks broadcast (2007)

total:

250 km

country comparison to the world: 124

standard gauge:

250 km 1.435-m gauge (169 km electrified) (2010)

total:

7,624 km

country comparison to the world: 145

paved:

5,097 km

unpaved:

2,527 km (2010)

males age 16-49:

149,159

females age 16-49:

131,823 (2010 est.)

male:

3,120

female:

3,677 (2010 est.)

refugees (country of origin):

7,000 (Kosovo); note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999

IDPs:

16,192 (ethnic conflict in 1999 and riots in 2004) (2007)