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form a small minority in the country. The last official census showed that there are 900 Macedonians in Montenegro.
[ According to the Macedonian associations in Montenegro there are about 2000 Macedonians living in Montenegro.][
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History of the Macedonians in Montenegro
By 1948, 133 Macedonians lived in Montenegro, this number rose to 875 in 1981. 1,072 Macedonians were counted in the 1991 Yugoslav Census, this number had fallen to 819 by 2003. Macedonian was the mother language of 507 people. The Macedonians were concentrated in Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...
, Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi ( cyrl, Херцег Нови, ) is a coastal town in Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipality with around 33,000 ...
and Tivat
Tivat (, ) is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.
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. There is an estimated 2,500 Macedonians in Montenegro today.
Organizations
The two main organizations of the Macedonians in Montenegro are the ''Association of Montenegrin-Macedonian Friendship'' and the ''National Community of Macedonians in Montenegro'', which was established in 2006.[
The National Community of Macedonians aims to make the Macedonian language more popular in Montenegro and to help Macedonians integrate better into the Montenegrin system and market.][Претседателот Иванов се сретна со македонската заедница во Црна Гора]
Macedonian Information Agency. ''03-11-2010''
See also
* Montenegro–North Macedonia relations
Both Montenegro and the Republic of North Macedonia are full members of the Council of Europe and of the NATO. The Foreign Ministry of North Macedonia states the two countries have excellent political ties, without any open issues between the two c ...
References
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Montenegro–North Macedonia relations