Albania

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About Albania

Official Name	Albanian Republic
Location	Located in Europe
Geographic coordinates	41.0000°  N , 20.0000° E
Total area	28,748 square kilometers
Surrounding Nations	Albania is a republic on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe that borders the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea in west, Montenegro in north, Serbia (Kosovo) in north east, the Republic of Macedonia in east, and Greece in south east. Albania shares also maritime borders with Croatia and Italy.
About Independence	Albania Gain Independence on November 28, 1912
UN Membership status	Become the UN member state on 14 December, 1955
Total Population	As of 2015, the total population of Albanian is around 3,196,000
Population Growth Rate	Population Growth Rate of Albanian is 0.30 %
Average life expectancy	Average life expectancy of the people in Albania is  81 Years
Governing system	Parliamentary representative democratic republic, the Prime Minister is the head of government
Name of current President	Bujar Nishani is the current President of Albanian
Name of current Prime minister	Edi Rama is the current Prime minister of Albanian
Official Language	Official language is Albanian
Religious status	Muslims is the official religion of Albanian. 58.7% people of Muslims
Per capita come	Per capita income of Albanian’s people is 4,000 US Dollar
Literacy rate	Literacy rate among the Albanian people are 96.8%
Capital City	Tirana is the Capital City of Albanian
Other Major cities	Elbasan, Durrës, Vlorë, Shkodër, Fier, Berat, Korçë and  Lushnjë
Currency Name	The official currency of  Albanian lek
Central Bank	Central bank of Albania
International Airports	Tirana International Airport
Sports	Football is the most popular sport in Albania