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Podgorica
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Podgorica (pōd`gōrētsä), city (1991 pop. 117,875), capital and largest city of Montenegro, SE Montenegro, at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers. A commercial center, it has industries producing aluminum, furniture, tobacco, and foodstuffs. An ancient town, it was the capital of Serbia in the 11th cent. and was known as Ribnica until the 13th cent. It was ruled by the Turks from the mid-15th cent. until 1878, when it was transferred to Montenegro. The old city was almost entirely destroyed in World War II. From 1946 to 1992 the city was called Titograd.

Podgorica

 formerly (1946–92) Titograd

City (pop., 2003: 169,132), capital of Montenegro. As a feudal state capital in the early Middle Ages, it was known as Ribnica; it was called Podgorica from 1326. It fell to the Turks in 1474 but was restored to Montenegro in 1878. It was occupied in 1916 by Austria, in 1941 by Italy, and in 1943 by Germany. In 1946 it became Titograd in honour of Marshal Tito, but its former name was restored in 1992 after the collapse of communist rule. It is the site of a university (founded 1974).


Podgorica, Podgoritsa
a city in Serbia and Montenegro, the capital of Montenegro: under Turkish rule (1474--1878). Pop.: 230 000 (2005 est.)


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PODGORICA, Jul 27, 2009 (TUR) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on his Montenegrin interlocutors not to get tangled up in the past and gave the message that unity was key to progress in the Balkans during his meetings in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.
Plans to switch the game to the capital of Montenegro, Podgorica, or to Cardiff have been opposed by the Football Association of Wales.
PODGORICA, Jul 26, 2009 (TUR) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on his Montenegrin interlocutors not to get tangled up in the past and gave the message that unity was key to progress in the Balkans during his meetings in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro.
 
 
 
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