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A lovely surprise card today as my "Greetings from " Montenegro card has arrived...So nice to receive this series of cards as I collect them and love all the "facts and figures". Thank you so much Ivana...hugs for you.
Posted Podgorica Montenegro 25 April : Arrived Sydney 05 May : Travelled 11 days..
"GREETINGS from" MONTENEGRO.
AREA: Montenegro covers and area of 13,812 KM2 .and is located in eastern Europe.
POPULATION. of Montenegro is 620,029 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY of Montenegro is Podgorica.
NAME : The name Montenegro, comes from the Venetian meaning "Black Mountain" The name of The country in its native language is called CRNA GORA.:
FORRESTS : Biogradska Gora is one of the three remaining virgin forrests left in Europe and is located in Montenegro and within this territory is a beautiful forrest of Pine Trees older than 400 years.
FAMOUS MONTENEGRANS : include ,Danilo I , Petar II Petrovic Njegos , Petar Lubarda , Dejan Savicevic.
WINE : The famous wine of Montenegro is called "Vranac."
CANYON : Called The Grand canyon of the Tara River ,and is the longest canyon in Montenegro and is 82 Kilometers long and 1300 meters at its deepest making it the deepest river canyon in Europe.
BEACHES : Despite being a small country Montenegro features120 beaches along its 182 miles of coastline on the Adriatic Sea.
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN: ZLA KOLATA This mountain is located on the border of Montenegro and Albania with an elevation of 2534 Meters and is the highest mountain in Montenegro.
POSTCROSSERS: There are over 50 Postcrossing members only in Montenegro.
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