Mataguži ( cnr, Матагужи, ) is a village in the
Podgorica municipality
Podgorica Capital City ( Montenegrin: Glavni grad Podgorica / Главни град Подгорица) is one of the territorial subdivisions of Montenegro. The seat of municipality is the city of Podgorica. Podgorica municipality covers 10.4% o ...
of
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. It is located in the Upper
Zeta
Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; grc, ζῆτα, el, ζήτα, label= Demotic Greek, classical or ''zē̂ta''; ''zíta'') is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived f ...
region, just north of
Lake Skadar
Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...
. It is named after the medieval
Mataguzi tribe that lived in the region and founded the original settlement.
Demographics
According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 1,299 people.
According to the 2011 census, its population was 1,292.
References
Populated places in Podgorica Municipality
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