Some basic facts about Montenegro - taken from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise noted.

Location:
Southeastern Europe, between Serbia , Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia

Terrain
highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus

Climate
Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland

Area
14,206 sq km

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Coastline 0m (293.5km of coastline)
highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522m

Population
630,548 (2004)

Religions
Serbian Orthodox, Muslim, Roman Catholic

Languages
Serbian (official; Ijekavian dialect), Bosnian, Albanian, Croatian