 Albania — (al bā´nē ə) |
About The People
Did You Know...... The Albanian word for the country is Shqiperia, meaning The Land of the Eagles. »» More
Fashion... Traditional, hand-made clothing is still worn in villages. Cotton and wool is preferred. Women in th »» More
Socializing... For Albanians, the family and ethnic heritage is of high value. Personal honor is also valued. North »» More
Family... Urban families generally have one or two children, while rural families may have three or four. Usua »» More
Sports & Recreation... Soccer is the most popular sport in Albania. Swimming in the Adriatic Sea on hot summer days is a fa »» More
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Albania History
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Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero of the fifteenth
century
"THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE have hacked their way through
history, sword
in hand," proclaims the preamble to Albania’s 1976
Stalinist
constitution. These words were penned by the most dominant
figure
in Albania’s modern history, the Orwellian postwar despot,
Enver
Hoxha. The fact that Hoxha enshrined them in Albania’s
supreme
law is indicative of how he--like his mentor, the Soviet
dictator
Joseph Stalin--exploited his people’s collective memory to
enhance the might of the communist system, which he
manipulated
for over four »» More | Statistics, Graphs, Charts, & Data Tables
Capital Cities... Tirana
Population: 3,639,453
GDP: $21,820,000,000 (USD)
Total Area: 28,748 (sq km) 11,100 (sq mi)
Currency: lek
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