What is "pljevlja"

Pljevlja ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Пљевља, ) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The city lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial roads and cultural streams, with important roads connecting the littoral with the Balkan interior. In 2011, the municipality of Pljevlja had a population of 30,786, while the city itself had a population of about 19,489. The municipality borders those of Žabljak, Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac in Montenegro, as well as the republics of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a total area of , it is the third largest municipality in Montenegro.