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    Albania is situated on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, with Montenegro and Serbia to the north, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. Slightly larger than Maryland, Albania is composed of two major regions: a mountainous highland region (north, east, and south) constituting 70% of the land area, and a western coastal lowland region that contains nearly all of the country's agricultural land and is the most densely populated part of Albania.

    Capital
    Tirana - 367 000 people
    all city from Albania

    Country lead by
    President: Alfred Moisiu (2002)

    Population
    3,581,655 (growth rate: 0.5%); birth rate: 15.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 20.8/1000; life expectancy: 77.4; density per sq mi: 339

    Land Area
    10,579 sq mi (27,400 sq km); total area: 11,100 sq mi (28,748 sq km)

    Monetary unit
    lek

    Language

    Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek

    Ethnicity
    lbanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.)

    Religion
    Islam 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% (est.)

    Transportation
    Railways: total: 447 km (2004). Highways: total: 18,000 km; paved: 5,400 km; unpaved: 12,600 km (2002). Waterways: 43 km (2006). Ports and harbors: Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore. Airports: 11 (2005).

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    .al
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