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Albania is a parliamentary democracy that is transforming its economy into a market-oriented system. The Albanian capital, Tirana, is home to 350,000 of the country's 3.6 million population. As a result of the opening of the country in the post-communist era, Albania is now undergoing a development boom as its telecommunications, transport and ...
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English: Map of the Gheg- and Tosk-speaking areas in Southern Europe. The internal subdivision in the Northern and Central Balkan countries are from the map in Gjinari 1988, while the speaking areas of Italy and Greece are from Eslie 2009.
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").
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.
Languages taught in schools are English, Italian, French and German. [250] Albania has a school life expectancy of 16 years and a literacy rate of 98.7%, with 99.2% for men and 98.3% for women. [251] [252] Compulsory primary education is divided into two levels, elementary and secondary school, from grade one to five and six to nine ...
This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
Own work by uploader based on the following public domain sources: NASA SRTM3 v. 2 (topography), NASA SWDB (water bodies, shoreline), NGDC World Vector Shoreline and World Data Bank II (borders), VMap-0 (water bodies, roads, railways), ETOPO1 Global Relief Model (bathymetry), Landsat ETM+ (water bodies, roads, railways, position of settlements ...