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new government; the government has asked all military personnel to return to

       their stations; a large number of former resistance groups also field

       irregular military forces; the Ministry of State Security (WAD) has been

       disbanded

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 3,989,232; 2,139,771 fit for military service; 150,572 reach

       military age (22) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       the new government has not yet adopted a defense budget

      :Albania Geography

      Total area:

       28,750 km2

       Land area:

       27,400 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than Maryland

       Land boundaries:

       720 km total; Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km

       (114 km with Serbia, 173 km with Montenegro)

       Coastline:

       362 km

       Maritime claims:

       Continental shelf:

       not specified

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       Kosovo question with Serbia and Montenegro; Northern Epirus question with

       Greece

       Climate:

       mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior

       is cooler and wetter

       Terrain:

       mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast

       Natural resources:

       crude oil, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel

       Land use:

       arable land 21%; permanent crops 4%; meadows and pastures 15%; forest and

       woodland 38%; other 22%; includes irrigated 1%

       Environment:

       subject to destructive earthquakes; tsunami occur along southwestern coast

       Note:

       strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea

       and Mediterranean Sea)

      :Albania People

      Population:

       3,285,224 (July 1992), growth rate 1.1% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       23 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       —6 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       27 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       71 years male, 78 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       2.8 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Albanian(s); adjective - Albanian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Albanian 90%, Greeks 8%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians)

       (1989 est.)

       Religions:

       all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances

       prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious

       practice; estimates of religious affiliation - Muslim 70%, Greek Orthodox

       20%, Roman Catholic 10%

       Languages:

       Albanian (Tosk is official dialect), Greek

       Literacy:

       72% (male 80%, female 63%) age 9 and over can read and write (1955)

       Labor force:

       1,500,000 (1987); agriculture about 60%, industry and commerce 40% (1986)

       Organized labor:

       Independent Trade Union Federation of Albania; Confederation of Trade Unions

      :Albania Government

      Long-form name:

       Republic of Albania

       Type:

       nascent democracy

       Capital:

       Tirane

       Administrative divisions:

       26 districts (rrethe, singular - rreth); Berat, Dibre, Durres, Elbasan,

       Fier, Gjirokaster, Gramsh, Kolonje, Kore, Kruje, Kukes, Lezhe, Librazhd,

       Lushnje, Mat, Mirdite, Permet, Pogradec, Puke, Sarande, Shkoder, Skrapar,

       Tepelene, Tirane, Tropoje, Vlore

       Independence:

       28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire); People's Socialist Republic of

       Albania declared 11 January 1946

       Constitution:

       an interim basic law was approved by the People's Assembly on 29 April 1991;

       a new constitution is to be drafted for adoption in 1992

       Legal system:

       has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       Liberation Day, 29 November (1944)

      

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