Albania Capital

The capital city of Albania is Tirana. It is also the country's largest and most populous city. Although it was founded in 1614, Tirana was declared the capital city after independence in 1912. The city is located in Tirana 17 miles east of the Adriatic Sea on the shore of the Ishm River. Tirana was founded in by Barkinzade Süleyman Paşa who built a mosque, bakery, and bathhouse to attract visitors.

Tirana is the seventh largest city in the Balkan with a municipality area of 428.58 sq mi and an administrative area of 16.1 sq mi. Tirana city has a population of about 400,000 and a metropolitan population of about 800,000. Tirana is Albania’s only metropolitan. A majority (84.10%) of the city’s residents are Albanians. A census conducted in 2011 revealed that the city had a slightly higher number of women than men. It is projected that the city’s population is to double to about 1.6 million by 2031.

A lot of tourists do not place Tirana in their tour plans because the city has yet to catch the tourist bug like London, Paris, Barcelona and several other popular tourist destinations across Europe. Tirana offers visitors an environment that is very different from other cities across Europe. One of the places to visit include the Piramida, Dajti Ekspres, Skanderbeg Square, National Historic Museum, Dajti Mountain National Park, Et’hem Bey Mosque, and the Clock Tower

Tirana experiences 2544 hours of sunshine and is the eighth sunniest city in Europe. It experiences a hot Mediterranean subtropical climate. The annual mean temperature is 15.2 degrees Celsius. Summers are hot and dry with temperatures rising to about 30 degrees Celsius during the day and 16.7 degrees Celsius at night. During winters the temperature rises to 12.7 degrees Celsius during the day and drops to 3 degrees Celsius during the night. A small amount of snow is recorded during the winter but it melts quickly.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Tirana
Languages	Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)
Ethnic Groups	Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.)
Religion	Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2%
Government	Parliamentary republic
Independance	28 November 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Area	28,748.00 km²
Water Area	1,350.00 km²
Land Area	27,398.00 km²
Population	3,038,594.00 A fairly even distribution, with somewhat higher concentrations of people in the western and central parts of the country
Location	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece to the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
No. Bordering Countries	4
Bordering Countries	Greece 212 km, Kosovo 112 km, Macedonia 181 km, Montenegro 186 km
GDP(PPP)	$33,900,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$11,900.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are Italy, Kosovo, the USA, China, and Greece.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are apparel and clothing, asphalt, and metals.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are Italy, China, and Greece.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, and textiles.
Climate	Mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Terrain	Mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
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