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Albania is located in the western part of the Balkan
peninsula. It borders the former Yugoslavia (Serbia -
Montenegro) and
Kosova
in the north and the east, (FYR of)
Macedonia in the
east, and Greece in the south. It has access to the
Adriatic and Ionian Seas in the west. From the Strait
of Otranto, Albania is less than 100 km (60 miles)
from Italy. The country covers a total of 28,000
squared kilometers (11,000 squared miles) and its
population is 3.3 million. |
