Albania

Albania

Albania ranks 80th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind North Macedonia, Cameroon, and Philippines. Memorable people born in present day Albania include Skanderbeg, Anastasius I Dicorus, and Enver Hoxha. Memorable people who died in Albania include Skanderbeg, Enver Hoxha, and Stefan Dušan. Albania has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

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. Read more on Wikipedia