Albania

Albania is officially called as the Republic of Albania. It is located in the map of world in the South Eastern part of Europe.

Albania is a democratic country where parliamentary democracy is customized.

Bordering Countries
South-East: Greece
North-Montenegro
North-East: Kosovo
East: Macedonia

Sea
West: Adriatic Sea
South-West: Ionian Sea.

Membership
Albania is a member of following international organizations:
United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Council of Europe, NATO, World Trade Organization, Union of Mediterranean. Albania is looking forward to become the member of European Union.

About Albania
Tirana is the capital and population wise largest city of Albania. It is also very important in terms of financial importance and it is considered as the financial capital of Albania. President is declared as the head of the state who is elected by the parliament for five year. Albania has a continental climate. Albania consist of lowland areas and high altitude areas. If we talk about the economical standing of Albania so we find that it is a poor European country that is struggling hard to achieve the high place in terms of its economy. Albania has three major religions that are Islam, Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics. These three religions are dominated in the separate areas of Albania. Albania has an overall high literacy rate that is very remarkable 98.7%.

Albanian Counties
There are 12 administrative division in Albania called as counties, that are further divided into districts and municipalities.

Games and Sports
The most popular sport in Albania is Football. Other popular sports are Fustal, basketball etc.

Military
Military of Albania consists of Albanian Joint Force Command, Albanian Support Command, Albanian Training and Doctrine Command.