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Region: Eastern Europe

Capital: Tirana

Population: 3,074,579

Area Total: 28,750

Area Land: 27,400

Climate: Temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter.



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Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Durres 122,034 2020
Elbasan 100,903 2020
TIrana 374,801 2020

Other Key Data
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
January: °C / 42.60°F
July: °C / 73.90°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 48.4"


Boundaries
Greece 282 km
Montenegro 172 km
Macedonia 151 km
Serbia 115 km
Kosovo 0 km


Ethnic Divisions
Albanian 95.00%
cvcvc 7.00%
Greek 3.00%
Vlachs, Roma, Serbs, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians, and small Jewish communities 2.00%


Religions
Muslim 70.00%
Albanian Orthodox 20.00%
Roman Catholic 10.00%
Small Jewish communities 0.00%

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