Total area: 28,750 km2
land area: 27,400 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: 768 km total
Greece 282 km, Yugoslavia 486 km

Coastline: 362 km

Maritime claim: @m5Territorial sea: 15 nm

Disputes: Kosovo question with Yugoslavia; 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: 21% arable land; 4% permanent crops; 15% meadows and pastures; 38% forest and woodland; 22% other; includes 1% irrigated

Environment: subject to destructive earthquakes; tsunami occur along southwestern coast; deforestation seems to be slowing

Note: strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.