rritorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks independence from Serbia and
Montenegro, and the Albanian Government supports the Kosovo position
politically
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
Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel
Land use:
arable land:
21%
permanent crops:
4%
meadows and pastures:
15%
forest and woodland:
38%
other:
22%
Irrigated land:
4,230 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues:
deforestation
natural hazards:
subject to destructive earthquakes; tsunami occur along southwestern
coast
international agreements:
party to - Biodiversity
Note:
strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to
Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)

@Albania, People

Population:
3,374,085 (July 1994 est.)
note:
IMF, working with Albanian government figures estimates the population
at 3,120,000 in 1993 and that the population has fallen since 1990
Population growth rate:
1.19% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
22.46 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
5.32 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
-5.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
30 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
73.4 years
male:
70.42 years
female:
76.61 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.78 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Albanian(s)
adjective:
Albanian
Ethnic divisions:
Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and
Bulgarians) (1989 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 70%, Greek Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
note:
all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances
prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious
practice
Languages:
Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
Literacy:
age 9 and over can read and write (1955)
total population:
72%
male:
80%
female:
63%
Labor force:
1.5 million (1987)
by occupation:
agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 40% (1986)

@Albania, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Albania
conventional short form:
Albania
local long form:
Republika e Shqiperise
local s