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Albania
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Shqipëria |
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Shqipëria - Republika e Shqipërisë
Shqipëria është një vend mesdhetar i cili shtrihet në juglindje të Evropës, në perëndim të Gadishullit Ballkanik, me koordinatat gjeografike: 41°19'39" gjerësi veriore dhe 19°49'8" gjatësi lindore. Shqipëria ka një sipërfaqe prej 28.748 km².
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Albania - Republic of Albania
The Republic of Albania is a Balkan country in Southeastern Europe. It borders ► Montenegro to the north, ► Kosovo to the northeast, the ► Republic of Macedonia in the east, and ► Greece in the south. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and a coast on the Ionian Sea to the southwest.
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Albania |
| Official name |
Republic of Albania |
| Status |
Independent country since 1912 |
| Location |
South-East Europe |
| Capital |
Tiranë (Tirana) |
| Population |
3,581,655 inhabitants |
| Area |
28,748 km² |
| Major languages |
Albanian |
| Major religions |
Islam ,Catholism, Orthodoxity |
| More information |
Albania, Geography of Albania, History of Albania and Politics of Albania |
| More images |
Albania - Albania (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Albania |
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Shaded relief map of Albania |
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Topographic map of Albania |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Albania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Albania.
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present |
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
133 BC
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
117 (maximum extension)
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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The location of the Albanoi tribe 150 AD in the Roman province of Macedon,Albanopolis may have been in the same location |
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
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Eastern Roman Empire |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus |
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Albanians in the 5th-10th century |
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Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire |
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The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo III, c. 717 |
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The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Basil I, c. 867 |
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The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025 |
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Byzantine Empire 1025 |
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Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170. |
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Byzantine Empire 1180 |
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The despotate of Epirus from 1230 to 1251 |
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The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911). |
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Byzantine Empire in 1265 |
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The despotate of Epirus from 1252 to 1315 |
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The despotate of Epirus from 1315 to 1358 |
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Byzantine Empire in 1355 |
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Byzantine Empire 1400 |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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Balkans after 1856 |
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Greek occupation of Albania |
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Greek counteroffensive in 1940 |
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Greater Albania in 1941 |
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Map of Albania and bordering countries from 2003 to 2006 |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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North Albania in 1918 |
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A map of Greater Albania |
Other maps
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Ethnic map (1861) |
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Ethnic map of the Southwestern Balkan Peninsula (1890) |
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Ethnic map (1898) |
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Ethnic minorities |
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Ethnographic map of the Epirus region, 1878. Greek point of view |
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Albanian dialects |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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