2. GEOGRAPHY
• Podgorica is located in central Montenegro.
• The Morača and Ribnica rivers flow through the city, while
the Zeta, Cijevna, Sitnica and Mareza flow nearby.
• Morača is the largest river in the city
• Save for the Morača and Zeta, other rivers have an appearance of small creeks.
• The richness in bodies of water is a major feature of the city.
3. • Podgoricais the capital and largest city of Montenegro.
• The city was also called Titograd
• Montenegro was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of
the Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley
• The city's population was 204,877 in the 2011 census.
• The Podgorica Municipality contains 10.4% of Montenegro's territory and 29.9% of its population. It is the
administrative centre of Montenegro and its economic, cultural and educational focus.
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5. MUSEUMS
• The Podgorica City Museum (Muzej grada Podgorice) preserves
Podgorica's rich heritage. Founded in 1950, it has four categories:
archaeological, ethnographic, historical and cultural-historical. It
houses artifacts which date back to the Roman and Illyrian eras.
6. • The Archaeological Research Centre (Centar za arheološka istraživanja) was founded in 1961.
• Its mission is to gather, classify, restore and display archaeological sites.
7. • The Marko Miljanov Museum (Muzej Marka Miljanova) in Medun shows life in 19th
century Montenegro.
• It is the most significant Montenegrin memorial museum of its kind
8. • The Natural History Museum (Prirodnjački muzej) displays specimens of
Montenegrin
• flora and fauna. This museum has no exhibition space of its own, despite many
proposals and initiatives to build one.
11. • Podgorica is undoubtedly the media hub of Montenegro. It is home to the
headquarters of the state-owned PUBLIC TELEVISION broadcaster RTSG.
Commercial broadcasters in Podgorica include TV In, NTV Montena, Elmag
RTV, RTV Atlas, TV Vijesti and MBC. It was announced that the city's local
television will be launched soon. Their programmes can be received in much of
Montenegro.
13. • All Montenegro's daily newspapers (oldest Montenegrin daily
newspaper Pobjeda, Vijesti, Dnevne Novine and Dan) are published in Podgorica, as the
only one weekly magazine Monitor.
15. • The most popular sports by far are football and basketball.
• Basketball centuries of KK Budućnost Podgorica, both in Yugoslav and European competitions.
• Football in Podgorica has a long tradition with FK Budućnost Podgorica. World-famous players Predrag
Mijatović and Dejan Savićević . The club FK Zeta from the Podgorica suburb of Golubovci These clubs,
along with FK Mogren of Budva.. Other clubs from Podgorica and its play in the Montenegrin First League
e.g. FK Dečić (Tuzi), FK Kom and FK Mladost. One of the most popular clubs from the suburbs is FK
Ribnica from Konik.
• The volleyball team OK Budućnost Podgorica and the women's handball team ŽRK Budućnost T-
Mobile have had significant success in European competition. Budućnost Podgorica is the most important
sports club in Podgorica. Its name means Future.
• Chess is another popular sport and some famous global chess players, like Slavko Dedić, are born in
Podgorica.
• Sporting events like the annual Podgorica Marathon and the Morača River jumps attract international
competitors. Podgorica was the host of 2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League.
17. • Podgorica has a number of sporting venues; some are under reconstruction
and expansion. The main ones are:
• Podgorica City Stadium.
• Morača Sports Center,
