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Albania
sovereign state, country
Year dem found am28 November 1912 Edit
Official nameRepublika e Shqipërisë Edit
Native labelRepublika e Shqipërisë Edit
IPA transcriptionɐlˈbanʲɪjə Edit
Official languageAlbanian Edit
AnthemHimni i Flamurit Edit
Cultureculture of Albania Edit
MottoYou Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian Edit
Motto textGo your own way!, Torra Dy Gwys Dy Hun Edit
ContinentEurope Edit
CountryAlbania Edit
CapitalTirana Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+01:00 Edit
Located in or next to body of waterAdriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea Edit
Located in/on physical featureBalkans, Southeast Europe, Southern Europe Edit
Coordinate location41°0′0″N 20°0′0″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point40°39′58″N 21°3′26″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point42°40′12″N 19°43′48″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point39°38′41″N 20°11′38″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point40°25′19″N 19°17′20″E Edit
Highest pointKorab Edit
Lowest pointAdriatic Sea Edit
Government ein basic formparliamentary system Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Albania Edit
State ein headBajram Begaj Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Albania Edit
Government ein headEdi Rama Edit
Legislative bodyParliament of Albania Edit
Highest judicial authoritySupreme Court of Albania, Constitutional Court of Albania Edit
Central bankBank of Albania Edit
Member ofUnited Nations Edit
CurrencyAlbanian lek Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeSchuko, Europlug Edit
Dey replacePeople's Socialist Republic of Albania Edit
Studied byalbanology Edit
Dema official websitehttps://www.kryeministria.al/en/ Edit
HashtagAlbania Edit
Top-level Internet domain.al Edit
Flagflag of Albania Edit
Coat of armscoat of arms of Albania Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Albania Edit
Get characteristicpartly free country Edit
History of topichistory of Albania Edit
Related categoryCategory:Albania-related lists Edit
Open data portalopen.data.al Edit
Bibliographybibliography of Albania Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Albania Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Albania Edit
Mobile country code276 Edit
Country calling code+355 Edit
Trunk prefix0 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 127, 128, 129 Edit
GS1 country code530 Edit
Licence plate codeAL Edit
Maritime identification digits201 Edit
Unicode character🇦🇱 Edit
Category for honorary citizens of entityQ8942493 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Albania Edit
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Albania, officially de Republic of Albania, be a country insyd Southeast Europe. E dey locate insyd de Balkans, on de Adriatic den Ionian Seas insyd de Mediterranean Sea, wey e dey share land borders plus Montenegro to de northwest, Kosovo to de northeast, North Macedonia to de east den Greece to de south. Plus an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), e get a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological den morphological conditions. Albania ein landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains insyd de Albanian Alps den de Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus den Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains wey dey extend from de Adriatic den Ionian seacoasts. Tirana be de capital den largest city insyd de country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, den Shkodër.

Demography

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Urbanisation

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depopulation.

Largest cities den towns insyd Albania

According to de 2011 census dem conduct by Instituti i Statistikave (INSTAT)

Rank Name County Pop. Rank Name County Pop.
1 Tirana Tirana 418,495 11 Kavajë Tirana 20,192
2 Durrës Durrës 113,249 12 Gjirokastër Gjirokastër 19,836
3 Vlorë Vlorë 79,513 13 Sarandë Vlorë 17,233
4 Elbasan Elbasan 78,703 14 Laç Lezhë 17,086
5 Shkodër Shkodër 77,075 15 Kukës Kukës 16,719
6 Fier Fier 55,845 16 Patos Fier 15,937
7 Korçë Korçë 51,152 17 Lezhë Lezhë 15,510
8 Berat Berat 32,606 18 Peshkopi Dibër 13,251
9 Lushnjë Fier 31,105 19 Kuçovë Berat 12,654
10 Pogradec Korçë 20,848 20 Krujë Durrës 11,721

Administrative divisions

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Emblem County Capital Area

(km2)

Population (2020) HDI (2019)
Emblem of Berat County Berat Berat 1,798 122,003 0.782
Emblem of Dibër County Dibër Peshkopi 2,586 115,857 0.754
Emblem of Durrës County Durrës Durrës 766 290,697 0.802
Emblem of Elbasan County Elbasan Elbasan 3,199 270,074 0.784
Emblem of Fier County Fier Fier 1,890 289,889 0.767
Emblem of Gjirokastër County Gjirokastër Gjirokastër 2,884 59,381 0.794
Emblem of Korçë County Korçë Korçë 3,711 204,831 0.790
Emblem of Kukës County Kukës Kukës 2,374 75,428 0.749
Emblem of Lezhë County Lezhë Lezhë 1,620 122,700 0.769
Emblem of Shkodër County Shkodër Shkodër 3,562 200,007 0.784
Emblem of Tirana County Tirana Tirana 1,652 906,166 0.820
Emblem of Vlorë County Vlorë Vlorë 2,706 188,922 0.802
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References

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  1. ↑ "Popullsia në 1 Janar sipas qarqeve dhe gjinisë 2001 – 2020" (in Albanian). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database–Global Data Lab". Retrieved 13 September 2018.

Read further

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  • History of the Party of Labor of Albania. Tirana: Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies, 1971. 691 p.
  • Abrahams, Fred (2015). Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe. NYU Press. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-8147-0511-7.
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