| Albania, officially Republic Of Albania, Albanian Shqipėria, or Republika e
Shqipėrisė, country in the Balkan Peninsula, on its western Adriatic coast. Albania is
about 210 miles (340 km) long from north to south and nearly 95 miles (153 km) across at
its widest extent from east to west. It is bordered on the north and northeast by
Montenegro and Kosova, on the east by Macedonia, and on the southeast by Greece; its
western border consists of a rugged coastline along the Adriatic Sea. The capital is
Tiranė. Area 28,748 square km. Population is aproximately 4 million. |