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Albania (/ æ l ˈ b eɪ n i ə, ɔː l-/ ⓘ a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri or Shqipëria), [a] officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë), [b] is a country in Southeast Europe.
Former seat of the National Bank of Albania on Piazza della Repubblica, Rome (formerly Piazza dell'Esedra) Former Durrës office, inaugurated in 1928 and the center of the bank's Albanian operations until 1938; the date 1925 on the facade refers to the founding of the bank and Durrës branch Interior hall of the Durrës building, lately a branch of Banka Kombëtare Tregtare
The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.The native endonym is Shqiptar.The name "Albanians" (Latin: Albanenses/Arbanenses) was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged. [1]
DBSA may refer to: Development Bank of Southern Africa; Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance; De Beers Societe Anonyme; Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid
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The administrative divisions of Albania comprise 12 counties, 61 municipalities, 373 administrative units, and 2,972 villages.Since its 1912 Declaration of Independence, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times.
The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum, and natural gas.Natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë. [7]Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja, Toskëria, Labëria, and Chamëria. [8]
The language is spoken by approximately 6 million people in the Balkans, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece. [1] However, due to old communities in Italy and the large Albanian diaspora, the worldwide total of speakers is much higher than in Southern Europe and numbers approximately 7.5 million.