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Bijelo Polje
Bijelo Polje (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бијело Поље, ) is a town located in the Northern Montenegro, Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Lim (river), Lim River. It has an urban population of 12,900 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro. Bijelo Polje is the center of Bijelo Polje Municipality (population of 38,662). Bijelo Polje means 'white field' in Serbo-Croatian. History Bijelo Polje's Saint Peter and Paul Church is the place where the UNESCO Miroslav's Gospel of Miroslav of Hum, Miroslav, brother of Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja was written. During World War II, Bijelo Pole was a prominent location for the anti-fascist resistance movement in Yugoslavia, Montenegro in particular. A significant number of Muslims, Muslim families in Bijelo Polje originate from historical Muslim brotherhoods from Kuči (tribe), Kuči, including the ''Abdići, Adžajlići, Adžibegovići, Alići, Aličković ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Montenegro
The following is a list of Montenegrin cities/towns. The table below contains the cities' populations in the 2023 census and from the 2011 Montenegrin Census done by the Montenegro Statistical Office. List This is a list of cities/towns in Montenegro: See also *Municipalities of Montenegro *Regions of Montenegro *Northern Montenegro *List of populated places in Montenegro, Populated places of Montenegro *Subdivisions of Montenegro References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Cities In Montenegro Populated places in Montenegro, Montenegro geography-related lists Lists of cities by country, Montenegro Lists of subdivisions of Montenegro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim (river)
The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим, ) or Vermosh River () is a river that flows through Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is long.Statistical Yearbook of Montenegro 2017, Geography Statistical Office of Montenegro It is also the right and the longest tributary of the Drina. Etymology According to linguists such as Franz Miklosich, Eqrem Çabej, Aleksandar Loma, and Ivan Popović ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam In Montenegro
Islam in Montenegro refers to adherents, communities and religious institutions of Islam in Montenegro. It is the second largest religion in the country, after Christianity in Montenegro, Christianity. According to the 2011 census, Montenegro's 118,477 Muslims make up 19.11% of the total population. Montenegro's Muslims belong mostly to the Sunni Muslim, Sunni branch. In 2023, Montenegro's 124,668 Muslims made up 19.99% of the total population. History In the 15th century the Montenegrin ruler Ivan Crnojević (1465–1490) was at war with the infiltrating Republic of Venice, Venetians. Unable to maintain war on both fronts, the Ottoman Empire had conquered much of Montenegro's territory and introduced Islam. Ivan's third son Skender-Bey Crnojević, Staniša Crnojević was the first prominent Montenegrin of the Muslim faith. Staniša Crnojević took up the name ''Skenderbeg Crnojević'' and ruled from his capital in Shkodër, Shköder from 1513 to 1530. He is well known as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Orthodoxy In Montenegro
Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Montenegro. It is the largest Christian denomination in the country. According to the latest 2023 Census of Montenegro, 443,394 citizens of Montenegro (71.10%) registered as Eastern Orthodox Christians. The majority of Eastern Orthodox people in Montenegro are adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church. A minor percentage supports the canonically unrecognized Montenegrin Orthodox Church, which has the status of a religious non-governmental organization since its founding in 1993. The current Metropolitan of Montenegro and primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro is Joanikije II, who serves as 56th head since the establishment of the diocese in 1219. The seat of the diocese is the Cetinje Monastery, since 1484. Demographics According to the 2011 official census, of the total 446,858 Eastern Orthodox Christians in Montenegro, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslims (South-Slavic Ethnic Group)
Muslims (Serbo-Croatian Latin and , Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and ) are an ethnoreligious group of Serbo-Croatian-speaking Muslims, inhabiting mostly the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The term Muslims became widely used for the Serbo-Croatian-speaking Muslims in the early 1900s. It gained official recognition in the 1910 census. The 1971 amendment to the 1963 Yugoslav Constitution, Constitution of Yugoslavia also recognised them as a distinct nationality. It grouped several distinct South Slavs, South Slavic communities of Islam, Islamic ethnocultural tradition. Before 1993, a vast majority of present-day Bosniaks self-identified as ethnic Muslims, along with some smaller groups of different ethnicities, such as Gorani people, Gorani and ''Torbeši''. This designation did not include non-Slavic Yugoslav Muslims, such as Albanians, Turkish people, Turks and some Romani people. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the majority of the Serbo-Croatian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegrins
Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes Catholics, Muslims and irreligious people. The Montenegrin language is the official language of Montenegro. Historically, the Montenegrin nation comprised many tribes. Most tribes formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, about the time when the Ottoman Empire established its control of the medieval state of Zeta. Today, the tribes are mainly studied within the frameworks of social anthropology and family history, as they have not been used in official structures since the time (1852-1910) of the Principality of Montenegro; however, some tribal regions overlap with contemporary municipal areas. The kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent. Outside of Montenegro and Europe, Montenegrins form diaspora groups in (for exam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniaks In Montenegro
Bosniaks are an ethnic minority in Montenegro, first introduced in the 2003 census. According to the last census from 2023, the total number of Bosniaks in Montenegro was 58,956 or 9.45% of the population. Bosniaks are the third largest ethnic group in the country, after Montenegrins and Serbs. Demographics Bosniaks primarily live in the Sandžak area of northern Montenegro, and form the majority of the population in four municipalities: Rožaje (84.7%), Petnjica (84%), Plav (65.6%) and Gusinje (57.1%). Politics *The main political party of Bosniaks is the Bosniak Party (BS), led by Ervin Ibrahimović. The party currently has three seats in Parliament of Montenegro. *There is also the Justice and Reconciliation Party in Montenegro (SPP u Crnoj Gori), led by Hazbija Kalač. The majority of Bosniaks of Montenegro were in favor of Montenegrin independence during the independence referendum in 2006. Dialect The BCMS dialects of Gusinje and Plav show a very high structural in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs In Montenegro
Serbs of Montenegro () or Montenegrin Serbs (), compose native and the second largest ethnic group in Montenegro (32.93% of country's population), after the ethnic Montenegrins. Additional 0.47% of the population is made up of people defining themselves as ''Serbs-Montenegrins'' () and ''Montenegrins-Serbs'' (). History During the Slavic migrations of the 6th and 7th centuries, most of the territory of modern-day Montenegro was settled by Serbs (which are the ancestors of modern Montenegrins) who they created several Serb principalities in the region; In southern parts of modern Montenegro, Principality of Duklja was formed, while western parts belonged to the Principality of Travunija. Northern parts of modern Montenegro belonged to the inner Principality of Serbia. All of those early polities were described in historiographical works of Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenetos (944–959). In 1018, all of Serbian principalities came under the supreme rule of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuči (tribe)
Kuči (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Кучи, Kuči; , ) is a Tribes of Montenegro, tribe of Albanians, Albanian origin, historically located in modern central and eastern Montenegro (Brda (Montenegro), Brda region), north-east of Podgorica, extending along the border with Albania. Processes of Slavicisation during the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era and onwards facilitated ethno-linguistic shifts within much of the community. As such, people from the Kuči today largely identify themselves as Montenegrins and Serbs, with a minority still identifying as Albanians. In other areas such as the Sandžak, many Muslims, Muslim descendants of the Kuči today identify as Bosniaks. The Kuči first appear in historical records in 1330 as a brotherhood from an Albanians, Albanian Katun (community), katun under the jurisdiction of the Visoki Dečani, Dečani Monastery. The region itself is first mentioned in 1485 as a nahiyah of the Sanjak of Scutari, Sandjak of Shkodra. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslims
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God in Abrahamic religions, God of Abraham (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the last Islamic prophet. Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous Islamic holy books, revelations, such as the Tawrat (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injeel (Gospel). These earlier revelations are associated with Judaism and Christianity, which are regarded by Muslims as earlier versions of Islam. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices attributed to Muhammad (''sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith). With an estimated population of almost 2 billion followers, Muslims comprise around 26% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: , ; – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince (Grand Župan#Serbia, Veliki Župan) of the Grand Principality of Serbia, Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška (region), Raška, lat. ) from 1166 to 1196. A member of the Vukanović dynasty, Nemanja founded the Nemanjić dynasty, and is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and History of Serbia, history, founding what would evolve into the Serbian Empire, as well as the Serbian Orthodox Church, national church. According to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Nemanja is also among the most remarkable Serbs for his literary contributions and altruistic attributes. In 1196, after three decades of warfare and negotiations, including the Byzantine-Norman wars#Third Norman invasion of the Balkans (1185–1186), Third Norman invasion of the Balkans (1185–1186) which consolidated Serbia while distinguishing it from both Western and Byzantine sphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Of Hum
Miroslav Zavidović ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Завидовић) was a 12th-century prince of Zachumlia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the Grand Principality of Serbia ('' Rascia'') covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia. Biography He was born in the second half of the 12th century to Zavida, a Serbian royal that briefly ruled as ''Prince of Zahumlje'', a member of the Vukanović dynasty, he had three brothers; Stefan Nemanja, Tihomir and Stracimir. War among the brothers Miroslav received the appanage of Zahumlje with seat at Ston, where he would rule as ''Prince'' or ''Grand Prince'' (2nd highest title). Miroslav and his brothers imprisoned Stefan Nemanja after he had built several monasteries, without the approval of Tihomir. Stefan Nemanja rebelled against his eldest brother Tihomir in 1166, who fled with his brothers Stracimir and Miroslav to Greece to seek help. In the same year, Stefan Nemanja defeated the Byzantine army of mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
