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Albania
GEOGRAPHY
Size: 28,750 square kilometers (land area 27,400
square kilometers); slightly larger than Maryland.
Location: Southeastern coast of the Adriatic
Sea and the eastern part of the Strait of Otranto, opposite the
heel of the Italian boot; between approximately 40° and 43°
north latitude.
Topography: A little over 20 percent is coastal
plain, some of it poorly drained. Mostly hills and mountains,
often covered with scrub forest. The only navigable river is the
Bunė.
Climate: Mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters
with a January low of 5°C; hot, clear, dry summers with a
July high of 28°C; interior is cooler and wetter.
Boundaries: Land boundaries total 720 kilometers;
borders with Greece 282 kilometers; border with former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia 151 kilometers; border with Serbia 114 kilometers;
border with Montengro 173 kilometers; coastline 362 kilometers.
Data as of April 1992
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