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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Durres
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122,034
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2020
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Elbasan
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100,903
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2020
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TIrana
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374,801
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2020
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| Region: |
Eastern Europe |
| Population: |
3,074,579 |
| Area Total: |
28,750km2 |
| Area Land: |
27,400km2 |
| Coast Line: |
362km |
| Capital: |
Tirana |
| Climate: |
Temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter. |
| Languages: |
Albanian (Gheg and Tosk dialects), Greek, small numbers of Macedonian, Romani, Romanian and Serbian speakers also |
| Currency: |
1 lek (L) = 100 qintars |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day, 28 November (1912), Rebuplic Day is 11Jan (1946), Liberation Day is 29 November |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 42.60°F |
| July: |
°C / 73.90°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 48.4" |
Boundaries
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Greece
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282 km
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Montenegro
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172 km
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Macedonia
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151 km
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Serbia
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115 km
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Kosovo
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0 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Albanian
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95.00%
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7.00%
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Greek
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3.00%
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Vlachs, Roma, Serbs, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, and small Jewish communities
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2.00%
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Religions
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Muslim
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70.00%
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Albanian Orthodox
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20.00%
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Roman Catholic
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10.00%
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Small Jewish communities
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0.00%
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CountryWire
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