FACTS ABOUT ALBANIA
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FACTS ABOUT ALBANIA
1.
The official name of Albania is the “Republic
of Albania”.
2.
Tirana is the capital city of Albania.
3.
The total population of Albania is 3,038,594.
4.
The natives of Albania are called
Albanians.
5.
The Lek is official currency of Albania.
6.
Albania shares a border with Montenegro,
Serbia (Kosovo), the Republic of Macedonia and Greece.
7.
Transportation in the country is
underdeveloped.
8.
There are only four airports in the
country and just 677 km of railways.
9.
People from the country hang stuffed
animals and objects from half-completed homes and buildings to ward off evil
spirits.
10.
480,000 ethnic Albanian refugees entered
into Albania in 1999 because of the war in neighboring Kosovo.
11.
Albania provides free primary and
secondary education.
12.
Albania is an upper middle-income
economy. The service sector dominates the country’s economy, followed by the
industrial and agricultural sectors.
13.
“Shqipëri” is the name given to Albania
by its people.
14.
The eagle is the national and ethnic
symbol of the Albanians. The symbol appears in a stone carving dating from
1190.
15.
The current flag of Albania bears a
black, double-headed eagle on a red background.
16.
The villages of Xarrë and Mount Dajt
were found to contain the first traces of human presence in the country.
17.
Ardiaei is the name of one of the most
powerful tribes that once ruled over modern Albania.
18.
The village of Lazarat is the “cannabis
capital of Albania.” The village makes the country the largest exporter of
cannabis in Europe.
19.
You may be amazed to know that Albanians
have been banned from using speedboats. Speedboats were used for human and drug
trafficking from Albania to the shores of Italy and Greece.
20.
Much to the surprise of many, Albania
only had 3000 cars for a population of three million prior to 1991. At that
time, under communist rule, private cars were illegal.
21.
Albanian policemen are thought to be
very corrupt. This can be noticed on the roads where these policemen stop cars
and fine them.
22.
One could say that Albania is a country
of mountains. The country is covered by 70% mountains within its territory. One
would experience this fact firsthand while driving around the country.
23.
In 1967, Albania became the world’s
first atheist state. This happened under the leadership of Enver Hoxha.
24.
There is a castle in the city of Berat,
locally known as the kala, which was built in the 13th century.
25.
An international airport in Albania—Nene
Tereza—is named after Mother Teresa.
26.
To say yes in Albanian, use the word ‘po’;
and to say no, use the word ‘jo.’
27.
The capital city of Albania, Tirana, is
undergoing a facelift.
28.
Albania became an independent country on
28 November, 1912.
29.
Albania Exports:
apparel and clothing, footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil;
cement and construction materials, vegetables, fruits and tobacco.
30.
Albania Imports:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles and chemicals.
31.
The internet country code for Albania is
.al.
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