Important Cities
- Tirana(Capital)
- Shkoder
- Shengjin
- Durres
- Elbasan
- Vlore
- Korce
- Sarande
- Kukes
- Gjirokaster
- Berat
Main Attractions
- Fortress Town of Kruja
- Dajti Mountain National Park
- Black Cave (Near Tirana)
- Shkodra Lake
- Prespa Lake
- Orchid Lake
- Lura Lake
- Petrela Castle
- Skanderbeg Square (Tirana)
- National History Museum (Tirana)
- Fortress of Justinian(Tirana)
- Vlora Radhima Beach
- Archaeological Museum (Durres)
- Tanner's Bridge (Tirana)
Main Industries
- Chemicals
- Cement
- Textiles
- Food Processing
- Oil
- Mining
Hunted Facts on albania
- Albania is one of the poorest European states, with a GDP per capita half that of Bulgaria and almost one tenth that of the UK.
- In Albania, half of the economically-active population are engaged in agriculture and a fifth works abroad.
- Albania's coastline on the Ionian Sea, especially near the Greek tourist island of Corfu, is becoming increasingly popular with tourists due to its relatively unspoiled nature and its beaches.
- Albania remains the only Balkan country that has failed during the past decade to hold a general election that is fully accepted by the international community.
- Albania remains a major transit route and warehouse for international organized crime, and its government has failed to crack down on human trafficking or the smuggling of heroin and cigarettes.
- Albania's fiscal burden of government score is 0.3 point better this year, and its government intervention score and banking and finance score are, respectively, 0.5 point and 1 point better.
- Albania's territorial integrity was confirmed at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, after U.S. President Woodrow Wilson dismissed a plan by the European powers to divide Albania among its neighbors.
- Albania adhered to a strict Stalinist philosophy, eventually withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 and alienating its final remaining ally, China in 1978.
- Albanias public debt reached 67% of GDP in 2002, and the growing trade deficit was estimated at 22% of GDP in 2002.
- The Albania national football team is the national football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania.
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