Albania is situated on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, with Montenegro and Serbia to the north, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. Albania consists of two major regions: a mountainous highland region (north, east, and south) constituting 70 per cent of the land area, and a western coastal lowland region that contains nearly all of the country’s agricultural land and is the most densely populated part of Albania.
From 1468 till it got its independence in 1912, Albania was a part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. In 1946, the country became a communist republic.
Albania is an emerging democracy and developing country. It is said that the number of Albanians living outside Albania is greater than the country’s population of nearly 3 million. Many Albanians left the country in search of work; the money they send home remains an important source of revenue.
Albania provides universal health care and free primary and secondary education to its citizens. The official language is Albanian. The capital of Albania is Tirana. Albania applied for the EU membership in April 2009 and received the candidate status in June 2014.
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