Montenegro (Serbian:Crna Gora, Albanian: Mali i Z)) is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south, and borders Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the southeast. Its de facto capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is designated as Prijestonica, the old royal capital or seat of the throne.
A Serbian principality in the late Middle Ages, its independence from the Ottoman Empire was formally recognized in 1878. From 1918, Montenegro was later a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia and the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Based on the results of the referendum held on May 21, 2006, Montenegro declared independence on June 3, 2006 making it the newest fully reconized country in the world. On June 28, 2006, it became the 192nd member state of the United Nations, and on May 11, 2007, the 47th member state of the Council of Europe.
