Government Montenegro
Country name:
conventional long form: Republic of Montenegro
conventional short form: Montenegro
local long form: Republika Crna Gora
local short form: Crna Gora
former: People's Republic of Montenegro, Socialist Republic of
Montenegro
Government type:
republic
Capital:
name: Podgorica (administrative capital)
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
note: Cetinje (capital city)
Administrative divisions:
21 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina); Andrijevia, Bar,
Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi,
Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja,
Podgornica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak
Independence:
3 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro); note - a referendum on
independence was held 21 May 2006
National holiday:
National Day, 13 July
Constitution:
12 October 1992 (was approved by the Assembly)
Legal system:
based on civil law system
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal