IAlbania, igama elipheleleyo leRiphabhlikhi yaseAlbania, ligubungela ummandla weekhilomitha ezingama-28,748. Ifumaneka kunxweme olusentshona lweBalkan Peninsula kuMazantsi mpuma Yurophu. Umda umda yiSerbia neMontenegro (Yugoslavia) emantla, eMakedoni emantla mpuma, iGrisi kumazantsi mpuma, ulwandle iAdriatic kunye neIonia ngasentshona, kunye ne-Italiya ngaphesheya kwe-Otranto Strait. Unxweme luziikhilomitha ezingama-472 ubude. Iintaba kunye neenduli zenza i-3/4 yommandla welizwe, kwaye unxweme olusentshona alucacanga. Inemozulu eshushu yetropiki yeMeditera.

Abantu baseAlbania bayinzala yabahlali bakudala beBalkan, iiIlyan. Emva kwenkulungwane ye-9 AD, babelawulwa buBukhosi baseByzantium, uBukumkani baseBulgaria, uBukumkani baseSerbia, kunye neRiphabhlikhi yaseVenice. Iduchy ezimeleyo yasebukhosini yasekwa ngo-1190. Yahlaselwa yiTurkey ngo-1415 yaza yalawulwa yiTurkey kangangeminyaka engama-500. Ukuzimela kwabhengezwa ngo-Novemba 28, 1912. Ngexesha leMfazwe yokuQala yeHlabathi, yayihluthwe yimikhosi yase-Austria-Hungary, Italy, France kunye namanye amazwe. Ngo-1920, i-Afghanistan yaphinda yabhengeza inkululeko yayo. Urhulumente wongxowankulu wasekwa ngo-1924, kwiriphabliki leyo yasekwa ngo-1925, kwaza ke ubukhosi batshintshwa baba bubukhosi ngo-1928. USogu wayengukumkani kwade kwafika u-Italiya ngo-Epreli 1939. Ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, yayihluthwe ngokulandelelana ngama-fascists ama-Italiya kunye namaJamani (ahlaselwa ngamaFascist aseJamani ngo-1943). Nge-29 kaNovemba, 1944, abantu baseAzerbaijan phantsi kobunkokheli beQela lamaKomanisi balwa umlo wenkululeko wenkululeko welizwe ukuze bathathe amandla kwaye bakhulule ilizwe. NgoJanuwari 11, 1946, kwasekwa iRiphabliki yaBantu yaseAlbania. Ngo-1976, uMgaqo-siseko walungiswa kwaye igama latshintshwa laba yiRiphabhlikhi yaBantu yeRiphabliki yaseAlbania. Ngo-Epreli 1991, kwagqitywa ukulungiswa komgaqo-siseko kwaye ilizwe labizwa ngokuba yiRiphabhlikhi yaseAlbania.

Iflegi yesizwe: Ingxande, kwaye umyinge wobude kububanzi yi-7: 5. Iflegi yomhlaba ibomvu ngombala obomvu, kunye nekhozi elimnyama elineentloko ezimbini lipeyintwe embindini. IAlbania yaziwa ngokuba "lilizwe lamaxhalanga asezintabeni", kwaye ukhozi luthathwa njengophawu lweqhawe lesizwe uSkanderbeg.

Abemi baseAlbania zizigidi ezi-3.134 (2005), apho ama-Albania enza i-98%. Ubuncinci bohlanga ikakhulu ngamaGrike, amaMacedonia, amaSerbia, amaCroatia, njl. Ulwimi lwaseburhulumenteni sisiAlbania. Ama-70% abahlali bakholelwa kwi-Islam, i-20% bayakholelwa kwi-Orthodox Church, kunye ne-10% bakholelwa kwi-Katolika.

IAlbania lelona lizwe lihlwempuzekileyo eYurophu.Isiqingatha sabemi beli lizwe sisaqhuba kwezolimo, kwaye umntu omnye kwabahlanu usebenza kwamanye amazwe. Iingxaki ezinzulu zezoqoqosho zeli lizwe zibandakanya ukungabikho kwemisebenzi okuphezulu, urhwaphilizo phakathi kwamagosa aphezulu aseburhulumenteni, kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluhlelekile. IAlbania ifumana uncedo lwezoqoqosho oluvela kumazwe angaphandle, ngakumbi iGrisi ne-Itali. Ukuthunyelwa kwelinye ilizwe kuncinci, kwaye ukungenisa elizweni ikakhulu kuvela eGrisi nase-Itali. Imali yeempahla ezingeniswa ikakhulu zivela kuncedo lwezezimali kunye nengeniso evela kwiimbacu ezisebenza phesheya.

I-Tirana: I-Tirana, ikomkhulu lase-Albania, liziko lezopolitiko, ezoqoqosho, inkcubeko kunye nezothutho e-Albania kunye nekomkhulu lase-Tirana. Ime kwisitya esikwintshona yeNtaba yaseKruya embindini woMlambo i-Issem, ejikelezwe ziintaba empuma, emazantsi nasemantla, iikhilomitha ezingama-27 entshona yonxweme lwaseAdriatic, nasekupheleni kwethafa elichumileyo lase-Albania. Obona bushushu buphakathi yi-23.5 ℃ kwaye elona liphantsi ngu-6.8 ℃. Uninzi lwabahlali ngamaSilamsi.

I-Tirana yaqala ukwakhiwa ngumphathi jikelele wase-Turkey ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-17. Ukuze atsale abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe, waseka i-mosque, ivenkile yokubhaka kunye nebhafu. Ngophuhliso lwezothutho kunye nokwanda kweekharavani, iTirana ngokuthe ngcembe yaba liziko lezorhwebo. Kwi-1920, iNkomfa yaseLushne yathatha isigqibo sokwenza iTirana ikomkhulu leAlbania. Ngexesha lokulawula kuka-King Zog I ukusukela nge-1928 ukuya kwi-1939, abakhi bezakhiwo base-Itali baqeshwa ukuze baphinde bacwangcise isixeko saseTirana. Emva kokupheliswa kweJamani ne-Italiya e-Albania ukusukela ngo-1939 ukuya kowe-1944, iRiphabliki yaBantu yaseAlbania yasekwa eTirana ngoJanuwari 11, 1946.

Emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, iTirana yandiswa kakhulu ngoncedo lweSoviet Union kunye neChina.Kwiminyaka ye-1951, kwakhiwa izityalo zamandla ombane kunye neshushu. Ngoku iTirana iyeyona dolophu inkulu kweli lizwe kunye neziko eliphambili lezemizi-mveliso, ngesinyithi, ukulungiswa kwetrektara, ukulungiswa kokutya, amalaphu, amayeza, izithambiso, iidayi, iglasi, i-porcelain kunye namanye amashishini. Kukho umgodi wamalahle kufutshane neTirana. Kukho unxibelelwano kaloliwe eDurres nakwezinye iindawo, kwaye kukho isikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya.

Isixeko senziwe mnyama yimithi, kukho ngaphezulu kweepaki ezingama-200 kunye neegadi zezitalato, kwaye iiboulevards ezininzi ziphuma kwiSkanderbeg Square embindini wedolophu. Ngo-1969, ngomhla wama-23 wokusekwa kweRiphabhlikhi yase-Albania, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wobhedu weqhawe lesizwe lase-Albania uSkanderbeg wagqitywa eSkanderbeg Square. Kufuphi nesikwere kukho mosque (eyakhiwe ngo-1819), ibhotwe lasebukhosini lobukhosi bakwaSogu, iMyuziyam yeSizwe yeNkululeko yeMfazwe, iBhotwe loYilo lweRashiya neNkcubeko, kunye neDyunivesithi yaseTirana. Elona candelo lingasempuma nakumantla esixeko yidolophu yakudala, apho uninzi lwazo zizakhiwo ezindala ezineempawu zesintu. Kukho indawo yeqonga, iimyuziyam kunye neeholo zekonsathi esixekweni. Intaba yeDaeti kwihlomela ledolophu esempuma yesixeko iphakame kangangeemitha ezili-1612. Ineehektare ezingama-3 500 zeDaeti National Park, ejikelezwe ngamachibi angengowamvelo, iithiyetha zangaphandle, kunye namakhaya okuphumla.