Region / Continent: Southeastern Europe
Capital City: Tirana
Official Language: Albanian
Population: 2.715 Million (2024)
About: Albania, on the Balkan Peninsula, is a small country with Adriatic and Ionian coastlines and an interior crossed by the Albanian Alps. The country has many castles and archaeological sites. Capital Tirana centers on sprawling Skanderbeg Square, site of the National History Museum, with exhibits spanning antiquity to post-communism, and frescoed Et’hem Bey Mosque.
