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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.
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 is a parliamentary democracy that is transforming its economy into a market-oriented system. The Albanian capital, Tirana , is home to 350,000 of the country's 3.6 million population. As a result of the opening of the country in the post-communist era, Albania is now undergoing a development boom as its telecommunications, transport and ...
Winters in Albania are characteristically mild and wet while summers are warm and dry. The northern areas of country such as the Albanian Alps experiences a subarctic climate with frequently very cold winters, and short, mild summers. The lowlands of Albania have mild winters, averaging about 7 °C (45 °F). The summer temperatures average 32 ...
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 ]
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]
The Tirana plain is a plain in Central Albania, part of the Western Lowlands, where its main populated center is the capital city of Tirana. [1]
Albania receives most of the precipitation in winter months and less in summer months. [141] The average precipitation is about 1,485 millimetres (58.5 inches). [144] The mean annual precipitation ranges between 600 and 3,000 millimetres (24 and 118 inches) depending on geographical location. [142]