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Albania

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Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. Albania's landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps and the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Adriatic and Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër.

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People are called
Albanian
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+355
Capital
Tirana
Population
2,811,655
Area
28,748 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Albanian lek
Languages
Albanian 98.8%, Greek 0.5%
Sells
garments, footwear, electricity, crude petroleum
Sells to
Italy 41%, Greece 10%, Germany 5%
Land borders
4: Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+355
Founded
1912
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Albanian

These are English demonyms for people from Albania. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Albania yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Albanianofficial
98.8%
0.5%

Largest cities

Tirana  capital 418,495
Durrës 195,920
Vlorë 115,261
Elbasan 100,903
Shkodër 95,553

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Skanderbeg
Skanderbeg National hero who resisted the Ottomans Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death.
Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha Communist dictator, 1944-1985 Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian politician, revolutionary, and communist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.
Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare Novelist Ismail Kadare was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of nato — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: famous, leaders.