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Where Is Albania Located? Albania is a European country located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. In Albanian the country is called Shqipëria which means “ the land of eagles ”. Albania is bordered to the northwest by Kosovo and Montenegro, to the east by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to the south by Greece, and to the west by the Adriatic Sea and Italy. Tirane is the capital of Albania with an estimated population in 2018 of 421,000 inhabitants. Other major cities are: Durres, the port and the second largest city, population 113,000. Elbasan, the agricultural center, Population 78,000. The ancient city of Shkodër, population 95,000 and the port of Vlorë. Albania is one of the smallest countries in Europe. It stretches 345 km from north to south and 145 km from west to east. Its total area is 11,100 square miles. The relief of Albania is mountainous with peaks between 2,100 and 2,600 m. To the north, in the Albanian Alps, forming the southern limit of the Alps, stands the highest point in the country, Mount Korab (2,764 m). In the center and in the south of the country, the mountains are interspersed with high plateaus and basins. You will find pristine, sandy and rocky beaches, in over 300 miles of coastline, while sharing the Adriatic Sea with Italy and the Ionian Sea with Greece. Most of the rivers flow from east to west towards the Adriatic Sea. The most important of them Drin, Shkumbin and Mat, have wide valleys. The three big lakes of the country are Shkodër in the northwest, Ohrid and Préspa in the east, span the borders.