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Southern Albania or Toskeria (Tosk Albanians) In tourism geography, Albania can be divided into three regions: Coastal Albania – the long narrow strip between about 10 and 30 km wide along the whole Albanian coast, bordering both the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea. Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast; Albanian Ionian Sea Coast. Albanian Riviera
Tirana County (Albanian: Qarku Tiranë), officially the County of Tirana (Albanian: Qarku i Tiranës), is a county in the Central Region of Albania.It is the tenth largest by area and the most populous of the twelve counties, with more than 912,000 people within an area of 1,652 km 2 (638 sq mi).
Albania: AL0 Northern Albania: AL01 Dibër County: AL011 Durrës County: AL012 Kukës County: AL013 Lezhë County: AL014 Shkodër County: AL015 Central Albania: AL02 Elbasan County: AL021 Tirana County: AL022 Southern Albania: AL03 Berat County: AL031 Fier County: AL032 Gjirokastër County: AL033 Korçë County: AL034 Vlorë County: AL035
Tirana [b] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [10] [11] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
Since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times. The primary division until mid-2000 was into districts (Albanian: rrethe), whose number, size, and importance varied over time. [1]
Central Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Qendrore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania. [3] It consists of two counties: Tirana County and Elbasan County. [4] Their combined population is 991,093 as of the 2023 census. [1]
This is a list of cities and towns in Albania categorised by municipality, county and population, according to the criteria used by the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT). As of 2014, there were 74 cities classified as urban areas and 2,972 villages as rural areas in Albania. [ 1 ]
Albania's landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps and the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Adriatic and Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër.