Albania

Albania

Albania ranks 86th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Côte d'Ivoire, Montenegro, and Senegal. Memorable people born in present day Albania include Skanderbeg, Enver Hoxha, and Safiye Sultan. Memorable people who died in Albania include Skanderbeg, Enver Hoxha, and Stefan Dušan. Albania has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers.

Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is situated in the Balkans, and is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. The country displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, in an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi). The landscape ranges from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps and the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus, and Ceraunian Mountains, to the hot and sunny coasts of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas along the Mediterranean. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Read more on Wikipedia