Posted on 01/06/2004 2:21:05 AM PST by Belgrader
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NOVEMBER 2003 MONTENEGRIN CENSUS (OFFICIAL DATA): 201.892 or 30,01% of 672.656 inhabitants of Montenegro declared their ethnicity (nationality) as being Serbian and 401.382 or 59,67% of the population identifies Serbian as their mother tongue, thus an absolute majority of Montenegrin citizens have affirmed their ethnic and/or linguistic identity as being Serbian. 40,64% are declared Montenegrins and only 21,53% speak so-called Montenegrin language. Historical areas, Boka Kotorska (The Gulf of Kotor) and The Highlands, are overwhelmingly inhabitated by the declared Serbs.
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Montenegro's Serb population on the increase | 13:07 | Beta
PODGORICA -- Friday The number of Serbs in Montenegro is on the rise, according to the unofficial results of the latest population census published today in Podgorica daily Vijesti.
The Serb population in Montenegro has risen to 30 per cent, from just 9.2 per cent in 1991, Vijesti reports. The proportion registered as Montenegrin has dropped from 62 per cent to 40.6 per cent.
The newspaper noted a sharp rise in those who failed to specify ethnicity, from just over 0.1 per cent in 1991 to 4 per cent in 2003.
Official results are due on Monday.
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MONTENEGRINS 20 PCT LESS, SERBS THREE TIMES MORE THAN IN PREVIOUS CENSUS
PODGORICA, Dec 19 (Tanjug) - Of the total of 672.656 citizens of Montenegro, 273,366 or 40.64 pct said they were Montenegrins, and 201,892 or 30 pct Serbs, the preliminary results of the population census showed, the Montenegrin Statistics Institute stated on Friday.
Compared to the census from 1991, the number of citizens who said they were Montenegrin decreased by 107,101, or 21.22 pct, while the number of Serbs in Montenegro was more than three times higher, or increased by 144,439.
The number of registered Bosniacs is 9.41 pct, Albanians 7.09, Mislims 4.27, Croats 1.05 and Roma 0.43 pct. National affiliation was not stated by 27,715 citizens or 4.12 pct, while there is no data for 10,532 citizens or 1.57 pct.
Compared to the previous census the number of Muslims decreased by 9.4 pct, or by as many who now stated they were Bosniacs, who were not registered in Montenegro in 1991.
The number of Albanians in the past 12 years increased by 0.5 pct, while the number of Croats is almost identical. The number of those who did not state their national affiliation has grown rapidly, from 943 in the 1991 census to 27,715 now, and the number of those about whom there is no data has almost doubled.
The census results showed that the Serbian language is spoken in Montenegro by 59,67 pct, Montenegrin by 21.23, Albanian by 7.35, Bosniac by 4.37 pct of the population.
For other languages have opted 3.26 pct, while there is no data for 2.93 pct of citizens.
Data about denomination showed that in Montenegro 69.6 pct belong to the Orthodox faith, 20.98 pct are Catholics, while Islam is the faith of 4.19 pct. On the issue of denomination, 2.25 pct of citizens did not declare themselves.
The population census in Montenegro was conducted from November 1 to 15.
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Montenegro Census Offers Surprising Results
PODGORICA, Serbia-Montenegro -- People who regard themselves as Montenegrins are a minority in their own republic, according to results of a census released Friday (19 December). Of a total population of 672,656, 40.6 per cent said they were ethnic Montenegrins. Thats a decline of 30 per cent since the last census, in 1991. An estimated 30 per cent described themselves as Serbs, 9.4 per cent as Bosnians, 4.3 per cent as Albanians, one per cent as Muslims, and 0.4 per cent as Croats. Nearly 70 per cent said they were Orthodox Christian, compared to 20.9 per cent Muslim, and 4.2 per cent Roman Catholic. (AFP - 19/12/03)
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Vojislav Kostunica, leader and bearer of election list of Democratic Party said during convention in the town of Cacak that the state union of Serbia and Montenegro would survive with Kosovo and Metohija as its integral part.
'It is better to have a state having access to the Danube and the Adriatic Sea', Kostunica said.
'The census in Montenegro shows that in relation to 1991 when there were 10 percents of Serbs, today there are 30 percents of Serbs. At the same time more people are speaking Serbian Language in Montenegro than the actual number of Serbs in that Republic', Kostunica said.
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