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Podgorica
42.47° N, 19.27° E
- Population
- 145,850
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 1
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 1 cities of Montenegro in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Montenegro, so this is not a national ranking.
- Elevation
- 49 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 1,205 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Podgorica Capital City
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Time zone
- Europe/Podgorica
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Podgorica, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Podgorica have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Podgorica's Slavic name translates as "under the mountain," from "pod" ("under") and "gora" ("mountain").
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
