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'''Podgorica'''{{efn|name=native name 1|Written identically in [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]], [[Croatian language|Croatian]] and [[Serbian language|Serbian]].}}{{efn|name=native name 2|{{lang-sq|Podgoricë}}.}} ({{lang-cnr-Cyrl|Подгорица}},{{efn|name=native name 4|Written identically in [[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|Serbian Cyrillic]]}} {{IPA-sh|pǒdɡoritsa|pron}}; {{lit|under the hill}}) is the [[Capital city|capital]] and [[List of cities and towns in Montenegro|largest city]] of [[Montenegro]]. The city is just north of [[Lake Skadar]] and close to coastal destinations on the [[Adriatic Sea]]. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the [[Ribnica River|Ribnica]] and [[Morača River|Morača]] rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile [[Zeta Plain]] and [[Bjelopavlići Valley]] that encouraged settlement. The surrounding landscape is predominantly mountainous terrain.
After [[World War II]], Podgorica was first designated as the capital of Montenegro in 1946. At that time, it was renamed Titograd in honor of [[Josip Broz Tito]], the leader of [[Yugoslavia]]. It served as the capital of the [[Socialist Republic of Montenegro]] within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006, after which it was reaffirmed as the capital of an independent Montenegro. The city's original name, Podgorica, was restored in 1992 following the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
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