Official nameRepublika Crna Gora (Republic of Montenegro)CapitalPodgoricaPopulation estimate (2015)626,000Internet domain extension.meCurrencyThe euro (EUR), which consists of 100 cents, has been in circulation since 1 January 2002.TerritoryMontenegro is a mountainous country which opens to the Adriatic in the south-west. It is bounded in the west by Croatia, north-west by Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the north-east by Serbia and in the south-east by Albania.LanguageThe official language is Montenegrin, which uses both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words