Montenegro Municipalities

Montenegro is a small, steep country with a short coast, and the map that most quizzes still use for it is out of date. Tuzi was split from Podgorica in 2018 and Zeta in 2022, and the files that stop at 21 or 23 municipalities leave both off. This game draws the 25 of today.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: Statistical region: the north, the centre and the south
In the game: 25 municipalities

Start

What you are looking at

The 25 municipalities (opštine). Two of them carry a special title, Podgorica as the capital and Cetinje as the old royal capital, but they are municipalities like the rest. The country groups them into three statistical regions, which are what the game lets you drill one at a time. They exist for planning and statistics rather than as a level of government, but they are how the municipalities are listed.

The sizes are very uneven. Nikšić and Podgorica are each many times the size of Tivat, a bay town that fits between its neighbours, and the north is a patchwork of mountain municipalities of middling size.

How to place one

Start with the south. Six municipalities share the coast, and the Bay of Kotor holds three of them, Herceg Novi, Kotor and Tivat.
Anchor on Podgorica. The capital sits in the middle of the country, and Tuzi, Zeta, Danilovgrad, Cetinje and Bar all touch it.
Walk up the Tara and the Lim. The north is thirteen municipalities, and the rivers that run through Žabljak, Mojkovac, Bijelo Polje and Berane connect most of them in a line.
Leave the newest for last. Gusinje, Petnjica, Tuzi and Zeta are small and recent, and the map you remember may not have them.

Every municipality, by region

Northern Region13 municipalities: Andrijevica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Gusinje, Kolašin, Mojkovac, Petnjica, Plav, Pljevlja, Plužine, Rožaje, Šavnik, Žabljak
Central Region6 municipalities: Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Nikšić, Podgorica, Tuzi, Zeta
Southern Region6 municipalities: Bar, Budva, Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat, Ulcinj

Worked examples

Nikšić

The biggest of them

Nikšić fills the west of the country and reaches the Bosnian border, with Plužine and Šavnik to the north and Danilovgrad to the east.

Tivat

The smallest of them

Tivat is the smallest municipality, on the inside of the Bay of Kotor. At the size the whole country fits it is a few pixels wide, which is why the game gives it a tap area.

Zeta

The newest of them

Zeta was separated from Podgorica in 2022 and lies north of the capital, on the plain the river it is named for runs across.

Frequently asked questions

How many municipalities does Montenegro have?

25. Tuzi became a municipality in 2018 and Zeta in 2022, both taken from Podgorica, so maps from before that show 21 or 23.

Are the statistical regions a level of government?

No. The north, the centre and the south are used for planning and statistics only, which is why the game uses them as groups rather than as a quiz of their own.