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Tirana [b] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [10] [11] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
This is a list of cities and towns in Albania categorised by municipality, county and population, according to the criteria used by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania. [1]
6 May 1948 30 December 1948 interim de facto capital, moved to Jerusalem after captured from Jordanian forces in 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Jerusalem: Jerusalem, Kingdom of: Israel: 1099 1187 moved to Acre (Jerusalem captured by Saladin) Acre: Jerusalem, Kingdom of: Israel: 1187 1291 Kingdom ceased to exist Salalah: Oman, Imamate of: Oman: 1932 ...
1912 - 26 November: The Albanian flag is raised, two days before the Albanian Declaration of Independence in Vlorë. [6] 1913 - Zyber Hallulli becomes mayor. 1917 - 28 November: "Streha Vorfnore", the first public orphanage in Albania was established. [7] 1918 - 19–20 December: Congress of Tirana took place, a preparatory for the Congress of ...
The Article 14 of the Albanian Constitution states that "The official language in the Republic of Albania is Albanian." [2] According to the 2011 population census, 2,765,610, 98.767% of the population declared Albanian as their mother tongue ("mother tongue is defined as the first or main language spoken at home during childhood").
Adan Manzano was in New Orleans to cover Super Bowl LIX, but the sports reporter was found dead in his hotel room before kickoff. Police are trying to figure out what happened and what, if ...
On 7 September, the victorious rebels entered Durrës. [16] The rebels declared the establishment of the "Senate of Central Albania". On 11 September, the Senate approved a resolution reinstating the Ottoman sultan, Mehmed V, as the sovereign of Albania; they also adopted the Ottoman flag, and they declared that the Turkish language would once again become the official language of the country. [1]
In November 1913, the Albanian pro-Ottoman forces had offered the throne of Albania to the Ottoman war minister of Albanian origin, Ahmed Izzet Pasha. [81] The pro-Ottoman peasants believed that the new regime was a tool of the six Christian Great Powers and local landowners, who owned half of the arable land.