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Albania
- Location
Location Description
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece to the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
- Continent
- Europe
- Bordering Countries
- Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country features a silhouetted double-headed black eagle at the center of a red field.
- Capital
- Tirana
- Language
- Albanian
- Currency
- (lek)
- Size
- 11,100 sq mi (28,748 sq km) — 146th largest
- Total Population
- 2,363,314 people — 145th largest
- Population Density
- 213 people per sq mi (82.2 people per sq km) — 130th largest
- Fun Fact
- Has over 173,000 concrete bunkers, which is about 15 per sq mi (6 per sq km) on average, and only a fraction of the over 750,000 it once had