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The country is the 8th most populous country in the Balkans and ranks as the 137th most populous country in the world. The country's population rose steadily from 2.5 million in 1979 until 1989, when it peaked at 3.1 million. [292] Since then, the population has continually decreased every year. [293]
It is the tenth-largest country in Europe, covering an area of 301,340 km 2 (116,350 sq mi), [3] and third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. [16] Its capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, and Venice .
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
No. Registration. Optional. Launched. 12 October 2003; 20 years ago. ( 2003-10-12) The Albanian Wikipedia ( Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 27 July 2024, the Wikipedia has 98,540 articles and is the 72nd-largest Wikipedia. [1]
The Albanian Republic ( Albanian: Republika Shqiptare) was the official name of Albania as enshrined in the Constitution of 1925. Albania came into an alliance with the Kingdom of Italy after signing the Treaties of Tirana, which gave Italy a monopoly on shipping and trade concessions. [1] Albania was declared a constitutional monarchy in 1928.
Tirana [c] (/ t ɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə / ⓘ tih-RAH-nə, [10] [11] Albanian pronunciation:; Gheg Albanian: Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance.
Computing the frequency of common point mutations of the present-day European population with the Thracian population has resulted that the Italian (7.9%), the Albanian (6.3%) and the Greek (5.8%) have shown a bias of closer [mtDna] genetic kinship with the Thracian individuals than the Romanian and Bulgarian individuals (only 4.2%). [264]
Italy is part of the Northern Hemisphere. Two of the Pelagie Islands(Lampedusa and Lampione) are located on the African continent. The total area of Italy is 301,230 km2(116,310 sq mi), of which 294,020 km2(113,520 sq mi) is land and 7,210 km2(2,784 sq mi) is water. It lies between latitudes 35°and 47° N, and longitudes 6°and 19° E.