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Albania

Albania. Ledia 11/7/07. Climate. Albania has a mild temperature, cool, cloudy, it’s wet in the winter time, the interior is cooler and wetter. Geography.

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Albania

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  1. Albania Ledia 11/7/07

  2. Climate • Albania has a mild temperature, cool, cloudy, it’s wet in the winter time, the interior is cooler and wetter.

  3. Geography • The area of Albania 28,748 sq miles, it’s around the size Maryland. The major cities are the capital Tirana, Durres, Shkoder, and Vlore. Situated in the southwestern region of the Balkan Peninsula, Albania is predominantly mountainous but flat along its coastline with the Adriatic Sea.

  4. Geography • Albania shares a border with Greece to the south/southeast, Macedonia to the east, Serbia (including Kosovo) to the northeast, and Montenegro to the northwest. Western Albania lies along the Adriatic and Indian Sea coastlines. Albania‘s primary support is Durres, which handles 90% of its maritime cargo.

  5. Geography • Also the latitude and longitude of Albania is 41° N, and 20° E. There are 12 cities in Albania and it lies in the Northern Hemisphere.

  6. People • The population of Albania is 3,600,523. The ethnic groups are Albanian 98.6%, Greeks 1.17%, others 0.23% (Vlachs, Roman, Serbs, Montenegrins, and Bulgarians.

  7. Culture • Over 90% of Albanians are ethnic Albanian, and Albanian is the official language. Religions include Muslim (Sunni and Bektashi). The Albanian language, Shqip, is spoken by over 5 million people throughout Albania and the lands to which Albanians have relocated.

  8. Culture • The origins of Shqip are unknown, but the most scholars believe that it derives from Illyrian languages spoken in Albania over 2,000 years ago. It is not relates to any other Indo-European language, making unique and largely unintelligible to speakers from other countries. However, speakers of the two dialects have no trouble understanding each other.

  9. Culture • Now I’m gone talk about the food. Vegetables and fruits in Albania are delicious. They are all grown organically. Lamb is Albanian’s most popular meat. Beverages include boiled water, wine, and raki, the Albanian brandy that outsiders might mistake for liquid flame. There is also Italian beer made by the Tirana brewery.

  10. Government • The official name of Albania is Republika e Shqiperise, “Land of Eagles”, but to Albania it is Shqiperia. Albania is considered to be an emerging democracy. As such, it operates under a constitution ratified in 1998, with a government chosen in free elections.

  11. Government • However, though it’s laws and constitution are ratified. It is important to recognize the enormity of the challenge the people and their government face as they emerge from the tyranny and isolation that determined their lives for centuries.

  12. Government • The type of government Albania has is Parliamentary Democracy. Albania got its independence in November 28, 1912 from the Ottoman Empire. Alfred Moisiu became president 5 years later. Now there’s a new president Bamir Topi.

  13. About Me • My name is Ledia. I came here with my little sister and my parents. I came from Albania. I’ve been here for 4 years. When I came here I didn’t know how to speak English. My dad and my sister didn’t know English either. But my mom knew how to speak a little bit, because she learned when she was in school.

  14. About Me • We came here so me and my sister can have a better life and a better education. I like it here so far because I have friends, and because I used to America by now. When I was little I wanted to become a doctor but I found out that hospitals make me faint, now I like to be a lawyer because I’m good in social studies.

  15. About Me • My favorite food is meatballs because my mom makes them by hand and they are really good. My favorite subject in school is math because when I was little my grandma used to teach me math and practice and she was really good at teaching me stuff that I didn’t know because she was a teacher.

  16. Bibliography • http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3235/html • http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/Albanialat-long.html • Knowlton,M.L.(2005)Cultures of the World • Tarrytown,Ny:MarshalCovedish

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