Serbia Montenegro's geographic center lies at latitude 44 00 North and 21 00 East (CIA data.) That's on a parallel near Eugene, OR and Montpelier, VT. The country is slightly smaller than the state of Kentucky. Its population is approximately 11 million with approximately two million living in Belgrade, the capital. Serbs are the largest ethnic group at 63% of the population, Albanians 14%, Montenegrins 6%, Hungarians 4% and other 13%. About 65% are Orthodox Christian, 19% Muslim, 4% Roman Catholic and 12% are Protestant or Jewish or other religion or not affiliated with any religion
Our journey down the Danube River is marked in red. Port calls were made in Novi Sad and Belgrade.
During our visit, it appeared that sentiments were strong for Montenegro to become independent from Serbia. Elections were being held on Sunday, September 19. As stated before, the status of Kosovo is undecided and will probably remain so until at least mid 2005 according to the CIA.
The flag of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
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