Albania#
After declaring independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania experienced a period of political upheaval that led to a short-lived monarchy, which ended in 1939 when Italy conquered the country.
Government type: parliamentary republic. Chief of state: President Bajram BEGAJ (since 24 July 2022).
Facts#
Capital |
Tirana (Tirane) |
Region |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece to the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north |
Area |
total : 28,748 sq km; land: 27,398 sq km; water: 1,350 sq km |
Population |
2,551,837 (2025 est.) |
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.) |
Currency |
leke (ALL) |
Time zone |
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ccTLD |
.al |
Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
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Population |
Origin |
Location |
Notes |
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