Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro ranks 84th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kenya, Ecuador, and Lebanon. Memorable people born in present day Montenegro include Radovan Karadžić, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, and Giovanni da Pian del Carpine. Memorable people who died in Montenegro include Sabbatai Zevi, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Montenegro has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Its 25 municipalities have a total population of 633,158 people in an area of 13,812 km2. It is bordered by Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, Croatia to the west, and has a coastline along the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is the Old Royal Capital and cultural centre. Read more on Wikipedia