Bar, Montenegro
|
Bar Бар |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
|
|||
 Bar
|
|||
| Coordinates: 42°06′N 19°06′E / 42.10°N 19.10°ECoordinates: 42°06′N 19°06′E / 42.10°N 19.10°E | |||
| Country | Montenegro | ||
| Founded | 6th century as Antipargal (assumed) |
||
| Settlements | 83 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Zoran Srzentić (DPS) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 census) | |||
| • Total | 17,727 | ||
| • Density | 67.0/km2 (174/sq mi) | ||
| • Municipality | 42,068 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Barani | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 85000 | ||
| Area code | +382 30 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | ME-02 | ||
| Car plates | BR | ||
| Climate | Csa | ||
| Website | http://www.bar.me/ | ||
Bar (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Бар, pronounced [bâr], Italian: Antivari, Albanian: Tivar) is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism. In 2011, its population was 40,037.
Bar is a shortened form of Antivari, which is derived from the town's location across the Adriatic Sea from Bari, Italy. Variations are in Italian, Antivari / Antibari; in Turkish, Bar; Albanian: Tivari; Greek: Θηβάριον, Thivárion, Αντιβάριον, Antivárion; in Latin, Antibarium.
Local archaeological findings date to the Neolithic era. It is assumed that Bar was mentioned as the reconstructed Roman castle, Antipargal, in the 6th century. The name Antibarium was quoted for the first time in the 10th century.
In the 6th and 7th centuries, Slavs occupied the Balkans. Duklja, a Slavic, or Serbian state, was mentioned in the 10th century. Jovan Vladimir (ruler 1000 – 1016), of Skadarska Krajina is the first ruler of Duklja whose history is known. Stefan Vojislav (ruler 1018 – 1043), the eponymous founder of the Vojislavljević dynasty, defeated the Byzantines in a battle on a hill near Bar. He made Bar his seat of power. Vojislav then expanded the area under his rule. Mihailo I of Duklja (ruler 1050 – 1081), Vojislav's son, established the Archdiocese of Antivari. He continued to fight the Byzantines in order to secure the town's independence. This led to a union of states known as the Serbian Grand Principality. From 1101 to 1166, the principality was ruled by the Vukanović dynasty. However, for much of this time, Bar was under Byzantine rule. In 1183, Stefan Nemanja conquered Bar and it stayed under Serbian control under the Nemanjić dynasty.
...
Wikipedia