.me Domain General Information

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.me is an Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) that has been assigned to Montenegro.This follows Montenegro's June 3, 2006 declaration of independence from Serbia and Montenegro, which used the code YU.The dot-ME top level domain replaced the dot-YU (Yugoslavia) domain previously used by Serbia and Montenegro. In addition to declaring .me independent of .yu, a new .rs domain is to be deployed for Serbian use.The .me registry is operated by doMEn, which won a contract to do so after a bid process conducted by the government of Montenegro.

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July 2008 estimate 678,177 (162nd) - 2003 census 620,145 - Density 50/km2 (121st) 115.6/sq mi(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $6.135 billion (144) - Per capita $9,047 (2008 estimate) (60)"Oh, Bright Dawn of May"Total 13,812 km2 (160th) 5,019 sq mi - Water (%) 1.5382Euro (€)Parliamentary republic - Foundation - Cetinje founded 1484 - Annexed by Ottoman Empire 1499 - Independence recognized 1878 - Unification with Serbia 1918 - Independence from Serbia and Montenegro 2006Montenegrin Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and CroatianCET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Montenegro is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Council of Europe and Montenegro is also a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. It is also a potential candidate for membership in the European Union and NATO.A sovereign principality since the Late Middle Ages, Montenegro saw its independence from the Ottoman Empire formally recognized in 1878. From 1918, it was a part of various incarnations of Yugoslavia. On the basis of a referendum held on 21 May 200, Montenegro declared independence on 3 June. On 28 June 2006, it became the 192nd member state of the United Nations, and on 11 May 2007 the 47th member state of the Council of Europe. On 15 December 2008, Montenegro presented its official application to the European Union, with the hopes of gaining EU candidate status by 2009.



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