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Kotor

Port in Montenegro, at the head of the Gulf of Kotor; population (1991 est) 36,700. It has been a naval base since Roman times. The town is situated at the foot of a cliff, facing the 32 km/20 mi gulf, surrounded by mountains.

Once the capital of a small independent state, it joined the Venetian republic in 1420 and was ceded to Austria in 1814 by the Congress of Vienna. In 1919 it was given to Yugoslavia.



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