Orahovo ( cyrl, Орахово) is a village in the
municipality of Bar,
Montenegro
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. It is considered as part of
Crmnica
Crmnica ( Montenegrin Cyrillic and sr-Cyrl, Црмница, ) is one of the local communities (''mjesne zajednice'') of the municipality of Bar and a historical region in southern Montenegro. It was one of the four sub-regions of Old Montenegro ...
region.
In 1242 king
Stefan Vladislav of Serbia issued a charter by which he granted Orahovo to
Vranjina Monastery.
Around 1296 King
Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
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again gave Orahovo to Vranjina Monastery as its
metoh, as well as 100 perpers annually of income from the St. Sergius market near
Skadar.
This village hosts one of the oldest monasteries in Montenegro,
Orahovo Monastery.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,800.
References
{{Bar Municipality
Populated places in Bar Municipality