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Area
28,748 sq. km.
Population
3,101,621 (2023).
Capital
Tirana, with 520,000 inhabitants (2023).
Currency
lek.
Language
Albanian.
Most important agricultural and industrial products
Oil, crude oil, bitumen, chrome, copper, coal, cement, wood and wood-products, cotton and wool textiles, sugar, olives, cereals, cigarettes, tobacco, beans, meat and fruits (especially citrus fruits).
Albania is a mountainous country, bounded by Montenegro and Kosovo in the north, North Macedonia in the east, Greece in the south and by the Adriatic Sea in the west.
There are important forest resources and some mineral wealth, the latter not fully developed. Chief products of the country are tobacco, timber, wool, hides, furs, cheese and dairy products, fish, olive oil, corn, cattle and bitumen. The State has attempted to develop farming, light industry, to build new roads and power stations, to modernize mines and to develop tourism.
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