State

Albania

country in southeastern Europe

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1912–1945
Founded
1912
Capital
Tirana
Government
parliamentary system
Languages
Albanian
Preceded by
People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Overview

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. 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.

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All rulers (1)

  1. Zog I of Albania1925–1928

Records (57)

  1. 335 BCE — Siege of PeliumBattle
  2. 230 BCE — Battle of PhoeniceBattle
  3. 229 BCE — Invasions of EpidamnusInvasion
  4. 214 BCE — Battle of ApolloniaBattle
  5. 212 BCE — Battle of LissusBattle
  6. 200 BCE — Capture of AntipatreiaBattle
  7. 198 BCE — Battle of the AousBattle
  8. 48 BCE — Battle of DyrrhachiumBattle
  9. 48 BCE — Siege of OricumBattle
  10. 1018 — Battle of DyrrhachiumBattle
  11. 1081 — Battle of DyrrhachiumBattle
  12. 1107–1108 — Siege of DyrrhachiumSiege
  13. 1108 — Battle of DevolBattle
  14. 1280–1281 — Siege of BeratBattle
  15. 1385 — Battle of SavraBattle
  16. 1405–1413 — First Scutari WarWar
  17. 1447–1448 — Albanian–Venetian WarWar
  18. 1450 — Siege of KrujëSiege
  19. 1452 — Mehmed II's Albanian campaignCampaign
  20. 1452 — Battle of ModricaBattle
  21. 1455 — Siege of BeratSiege
  22. 1457 — Battle of AlbulenaBattle
  23. 1467 — Siege of KrujëSiege
  24. 1467 — Siege of KrujëSiege
  25. 1474 — Siege of ShkodraSiege
  26. 1477–1478 — Siege of KrujëSiege
  27. 1478–1479 — Siege of ShkodraSiege
  28. 1500–1912 — Albanian uprisings in the Ottoman EmpireRebellion
  29. 1501 — Siege of DurazzoSiege
  30. 1638 — Battle of ValonaNaval battle
  31. 1684–1699 — Morean WarWar
  32. 1691 — Siege of VlorëSiege
  33. 1798 — Siege of ButrintSiege
  34. 1853 — Battle of KërnicëBattle
  35. 1861 — Battle of MuriqBattle
  36. 1908 — Battle of MashkullorëBattle
  37. 1911 — Battle of DeçiqBattle
  38. 1912–1913 — Siege of ScutariSiege
  39. 1912 — Albanian revolt of 1912Rebellion
  40. 1912 — Capture of KorytsaBattle
  41. 1912 — Battle of LumëBattle
  42. 1915 — Battle of DurazzoNaval battle
  43. 1918 — Battle of DurazzoNaval battle
  44. 1935 — Revolt of FierRebellion
  45. 1937 — Revolt of DelvinëRebellion
  46. 1939 — Italian invasion of AlbaniaInvasion
  47. 1939 — Battle of DurrësBattle
  48. 1940–1941 — World War II in the BalkansCampaign
  49. 1940 — Battle of HimaraBattle
  50. 1940 — Battle of KorytsaBattle
  51. 1940 — Battle of Morava–IvanBattle
  52. 1941 — Battle of TrebeshinaBattle
  53. 1943 — Massacre of BorovëMassacre
  54. 1943 — Battle of GjormBattle
  55. 1943 — Battle of DrashovicaBattle
  56. 1943–1944 — Albanian Civil WarWar
  57. 1945 — Kelmend uprisingRebellion

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