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Albania

Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V*
Frequency:50
Hz
Plug types:C, F,
Note:*Voltage variations common
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro
Area:
total: 28,748 sq km
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km
Climate: mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
Economy
GDP:
note: Albania has a large gray economy that may be as large as 50% of official GDP (2006 est.)
GDP growth rate: 5% (2006 est.)
GDP per capita: $5,600 (2006 est.)
Inflation rate: 2.8% (2006 est.)
Currency:
note: the plural of lek is leke
Exchange rates: leke per US dollar - 98.5927 (2006), 102.649 (2005), 102.78 (2004), 121.863 (2003), 140.155 (2002)
People
Population: 3,581,655 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.52% (2006 est.)
Religions:
note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice
Languages: Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Government
Capital:
name: Tirana (Tirane)
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence: 28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire)
Note: Information on Albania was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Albania, please visit one of the links below.
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