Albania
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| National motto: | "Albanians place their faith in Albania" | ||||
| National anthem: | Rreth Flamurit të Përbashkuar ("United Around the Flag") |
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| Official languages: | Albanian | ||||
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| Capital city: | Tirana | ||||
| Largest city: | Tirana | ||||
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| Established: | November 28, 1912 | ||||
| Leaders: | President Alfred Moisiu Prime Minister Sali Berisha |
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| Time zone: | +1 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 355 | ||||
| Internet domain: | {{{internettld}}} | ||||
Albania is a country in Southeastern Europe. The capital is Tirana. About four million (4,000,000) people live in Albania.
Albania is next to Serbia and Montenegro, Greece and Macedonia. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west, and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.
The official language is Albanian.
The national anthem is Hymni i Flamurit.
There are 36 districts (or rrethe) in Albania. The districts are:
- National Tourism Organization Albania's official website for travel & tourism information.
- Look-for-albania.com guide, forum & info
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| Dependencies: Akrotiri and Dhekelia2 - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard |
| Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia | Nagorno-Karabakh2 | South Ossetia | Transnistria | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus2 |
| 1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons. |
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