Podgorica is at the crossroads of several historically important routes, near the rivers Zeta, Moraca, Cijevna, Ribnica, Sitnica and Mareza in the valley of Lake Skadar and near the Adriatic Sea, in fertile lowlands with favourable climate.
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Name Podgorica was first mentioned in 1326 in a court document of the Kotor archives.
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Podgorica fell again, but this time to the Ottomans in 1484, and the character of the town changed extensively.
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In 1864, Podgorica became a kaze of the Scutari Vilayet called Bogurtlen .
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Podgorica was occupied, as was the rest of the country, by Austria-Hungary from 1916 to 1918.
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Podgorica was bombed over 80 times throughout the course of the war.
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On 5 May 1944, Podgorica was bombed by the USAAF in an attack against Axis forces, although the bombardment that day killed approximately 400 civilians.
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In 1999, Podgorica was subject to airstrikes during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
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Entire municipality of Podgorica is further divided into 57 local communities, bodies in which the citizens participate in decisions on matters of relevance to the local community.
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Podgorica is home to three main religious groups: Orthodox Christians, Sunni Muslims and Catholic Christians.
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Podgorica is not only the administrative center of Montenegro but its main economic engine.
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Commercial broadcasters in Podgorica include RTV A1, TV Vijesti, Nova M, Gradska TV and Prva TV.
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Podgorica went bankrupt in 2001, and buses were since operated solely by private carriers.
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Podgorica is characteristic of its extensive network of multi-lane boulevards which make inner-city transport quick and effective.
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Podgorica is a hub of the X-shaped Montenegrin rail network.
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The IATA code of the airport is still TGD because Podgorica was named Titograd, during which time the airport opened.
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The municipality of Podgorica has 34 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools, including one gymnasium.
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The first secondary school established in Podgorica is Gymnasium "Slobodan Skerovic" which first opened in 1907.
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Podgorica is home to many Montenegrin cultural institutions and events.
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Podgorica is host to the City Theatre, which includes the Children's Theatre and the Puppet Theatre.
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Podgorica has a number of sporting venues; some are under reconstruction and expansion.
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Almost every football club in Podgorica has its own stadium, although these are often only fields with small stands or no stands at all.
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Residential and infrastructural developments in the SFRY era have mostly shaped the layout of today's Podgorica and accommodated the unprecedented population growth that followed World War II.
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Major advance in Podgorica architecture began in the late 1990s and, since then, the face of the city has changed rapidly.
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