Albania.

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ALBANIA
A L B A N I A
GENERAL INFORMATION
«8 NËNTORI» PUBLISHING HOUSE
TIRANA 1984
Prepared
by the editorial board of the magazine «NEW ALBANIA»
THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE PSR
OF ALBANIA
THE EMBLEM OF THE PSR OF ALBANIA
The map of the Balkans
View of the centre of Tirana,
the capital of the PSR of Albania
In the foreground,
the Museum of National History
THE COUNTRY
AND
THE POPULATION
THE COUNTRY AND THE
POPULATION
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
The People’s Socialist Republic of Albania
lies on the West side of the Balkan Peninsula.
It is situated between latitude 39°38’ —
42°39’ North and longitude 19°16’ — 21°4’ East.
To the North and Northeast Albania is
bounded by Yugoslavia, and to the South and
Southeast by Greece. To the West and Southwest
it is bordered by the Adriatic and Ionian seas.
The PSRA extends over an area of 28,748
square kilometres, while its population is 2,594,600
(January 1979).
The Karaburun Peninsula in the Albanian
territory lies at the shortest distance from the
Appenine Peninsula (Strait of Otranto, 72 km in
width). A series of valleys, which lie across the
country, link its coasts not only with the in­
terior of the country, but also with the interior
of the Balkan Peninsula. All these have led to
the country being traversed from ancient times
by several roads, including some of an interna­
tional character, such as Via Egnatia which
connected Rome with Byzantium.
Albania has a wide opening into two seas
of the Mediterranean, which was the cradle of
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