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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
Albania

Shqipëria

Shqip 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.

English 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.


Short name 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 language(s) Albanian
Major religion(s) Islam, orthodoxy, Roman-Catholicism
More information Albania, Geography of Albania, History of Albania and Politics of Albania
More images Albania - Albania (Category).

General maps

Map of Albania
Shaded relief map of Albania

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Districts (Rrethe) and Counties (Qarku) of Albania
Districts (Rrethe)

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.

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
Roman Republic 100 BC
Map of the Roman Empire in 50
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)

Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman Empire in 117
Roman province of Illyricum
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.

██ Western Roman Empire

██ Eastern Roman Empire

Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Division of the Roman Empire in 406
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire, c.476
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Albanians in the 5th-10th century
Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire 550
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo III, c. 717
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Basil I, c. 867
The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025
Byzantine Empire 1025
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.
Byzantine Empire 1180
The despotate of Epirus from 1205 to 1230
The despotate of Epirus from 1230 to 1251
The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).
Byzantine Empire in 1265
The despotate of Epirus from 1252 to 1315
The despotate of Epirus from 1315 to 1358
Byzantine Empire in 1355
Byzantine Empire 1400
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Balkans after 1856
Greek occupation of Albania
Greater Albania in 1941
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.

North Albania in 1918
A map of Greater Albania

Other maps

Ethnic map (1861)
Ethnic map (1898)
Ethnic minorities
Albanian dialects

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
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