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 Southeast Europe. It is in the Balkans, 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. Spanning an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions. Albania's landscapes range from rugged snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps and the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains, to fertile lowland plains extending from the Adriatic and Ionian seacoasts. Tirana is the capital and largest city in the country, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Read more on Wikipedia