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The district of Montana is situated in the Central part of North-Western Bulgaria. To the North the district borders on the Danube river. To the South-West it is in the immediate vicinity of the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro and the district of Sofia; to the East it borders on the district of Vratza and to the North West on the district of Vidin.
The district' s territory is 3 635 sq.km, it has a population of 170 217 people (according to the official data 31.12.2004), and average density of the population is 47.7 people per sq.km.
The territory of the district is crossed by two major transport routes both part of the TINA network. These are Eurocorridor 4 (international highway E 79) Vidin-Montana-Vratza-Sofia-Kulata and Eurocorridor 7 - the Danube river.The shortest way from the town of Vidin to the capital of the country Sofia (second class road II 81) also crosses the territory of the district via the Petrokhan pass in Stara planina mountain. The way is used as a connection between the port in the town of Lom and the one in the to