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Albania

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Albania

Flag of Albania

Official languages
Capital
Albanian
Tirana
Area
Government
28,748 km2
Unitary Parliamentary republic
Population
Religion
3,011,405
Islam
Time zone
Currency
CET (UTC+1)
Lek
Demonym Albanian
Monarch Current
Previous

Location of Albania in Europe

Albania is a country in southern Europe in the Balkans. The capital an largest city is Tirana. Albania has nearly no trains, only buses. It borders Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, northern Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest. The official name is the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), and it is also a candidate for EU membership.

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States with limited recognition: Abkhazia · Artsakh · Kosovo · Northern Cyprus · South Ossetia · Transnistria
Dependencies: Åland Islands · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey · Svalbard