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| Area: | 28748 km² |
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Population: | 3.430.000 (1997 ca. 119 E/km²) |
| Official name: | Skipetars (which means "mountain people" or poetically "son's of the eagle". Turkish: Arnaut, Serbian Arbanasi. Since the 11th century it has been referred to as "Albania" instead of Illyria) |
| Language: | Albanian |
| Religion: | ca. 70% Muslims, 20% Christian-Orthodox, ca. 10% Catholics |
| Capital: | Tirana (ca. 460,000 inhabitants) |
| Divided into: | 27 districts |
| Currency: | 1 Lex = 100 Qindarka |
| Flag: | The adornment depicts a black, double-headed eagle, which was supposed to have been already depicted by the national hero Skanerberg in his crest, and which was adopted in 1912 when Albania became independent. In 1945 the red star with yellow boundaries, a symbol of communism, was introduced, which was again removed in 1992. |
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