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interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecturas_d%27Albania" title="Prefecturas d'Albania – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Prefecturas d'Albania" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condaos_d%27Albania" title="Condaos d'Albania – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Condaos d'Albania" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="آلبانی بؤلگه‌لری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلبانی بؤلگه‌لری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9" title="আলবেনিয়ার কাউন্টিসমূহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আলবেনিয়ার কাউন্টিসমূহ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Области в Албания – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Области в Албания" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okruzi_Albanije" title="Okruzi Albanije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Okruzi Albanije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranno%C3%B9_melestradurel_Albania" title="Rannoù melestradurel Albania – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rannoù melestradurel Albania" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtats_d%27Alb%C3%A0nia" title="Comtats d'Albània – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtats d'Albània" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraje_v_Alb%C3%A1nii" title="Kraje v Albánii – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kraje v Albánii" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albaniens_pr%C3%A6fekturer" title="Albaniens præfekturer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Albaniens præfekturer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Νομοί της Αλβανίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νομοί της Αλβανίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condados_de_Albania" title="Condados de Albania – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condados de Albania" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincoj_de_Albanio" title="Provincoj de Albanio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provincoj de Albanio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="شهرستان‌های آلبانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان‌های آلبانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condados_de_Albania" title="Condados de Albania – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condados de Albania" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%EB%B0%94%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%A3%BC" title="알바니아의 주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알바니아의 주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ալբանիայի գավառներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ալբանիայի գավառներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okruzi_u_Albaniji" title="Okruzi u Albaniji – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Okruzi u Albaniji" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefetture_dell%27Albania" title="Prefetture dell'Albania – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Prefetture dell'Albania" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94" title="מחוזות אלבניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחוזות אלבניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanijos_apskritys" title="Albanijos apskritys – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Albanijos apskritys" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Области во Албанија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Области во Албанија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="आल्बेनियामधील प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आल्बेनियामधील प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecturen_van_Albani%C3%AB" title="Prefecturen van Albanië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Prefecturen van Albanië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%9E" title="アルバニアの州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルバニアの州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanias_prefekturer" title="Albanias prefekturer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Albanias prefekturer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regionar_i_Albania" title="Regionar i Albania – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Regionar i Albania" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%86%DA%88" title="البانیا دی انتظامی ونڈ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="البانیا دی انتظامی ونڈ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefeituras_da_Alb%C3%A2nia" title="Prefeituras da Albânia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Prefeituras da Albânia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiunile_Albaniei" title="Regiunile Albaniei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Regiunile Albaniei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coonties_o_Albanie" title="Coonties o Albanie – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Coonties o Albanie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarqet_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB" title="Qarqet e Shqipërisë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Qarqet e Shqipërisë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraj_(Alb%C3%A1nsko)" title="Kraj (Albánsko) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kraj (Albánsko)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Окрузи Албаније – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Окрузи Албаније" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okruzi_Albanije" title="Okruzi Albanije – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Okruzi Albanije" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_maakunnat" title="Albanian maakunnat – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Albanian maakunnat" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnavutluk%27un_illeri" title="Arnavutluk'un illeri – Turkish" 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style="line-height:1.3em;">59,381 (<a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr_County" title="Gjirokastër County">Gjirokastër</a>) – 906,166 (<a href="/wiki/Tirana_County" title="Tirana County">Tiranë</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span data-sort-value="7008766000000000000♠"></span>766 km<sup>2</sup> (296 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs_County" title="Durrës County">Durrës</a>)–<span data-sort-value="7009371100000000000♠"></span>3,711 km<sup>2</sup> (1,433 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_County" title="Korçë County">Korçë</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Administration in Albania"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Counties</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq"><span lang="sq"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qarqe#Albanian" class="extiw" title="wikt:qarqe">qarqe</a></span></i> or <span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq"><span lang="sq"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qarqet#Albanian" class="extiw" title="wikt:qarqet">qarqet</a></span></i></span>), also sometimes known as <b>prefectures</b> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq"><span lang="sq"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prefektur%C3%AB#Albanian" class="extiw" title="wikt:prefekturë">prefekturë</a></span></i></span>), are the first-level <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">administrative subdivisions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a>, replacing the earlier <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Albania" title="Districts of Albania">districts</a>. Since 2000, there have been 12 counties. <a href="/wiki/2015_Albanian_local_elections" title="2015 Albanian local elections">Since 2015</a>, they have been divided into 61 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">municipalities</a>, 373 <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">communes</a>, and 2,972 <a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">villages</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Counties_of_Albania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">its Declaration of Independence</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1912, Albania has reorganized its <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">domestic administrative divisions</a> 21 times. The primary division until mid-2000 was into <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Albania" title="Districts of Albania">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">rrethe</i>), whose number, size, and importance varied over time.<sup id="cite_ref-terref_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terref-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were organized into groups comprising 12 counties beginning in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-terref_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-terref-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current status of the counties<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is based on the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">1998 constitution</a> and was implemented on 31 July 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former districts were abolished entirely and replaced with <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">urban municipalities</a> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">bashki</i></span>) and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">rural municipalities</a> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">komuna</i></span>), which further oversaw <a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">villages</a> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">fshatra</i></span>) in the countryside. This was revised in 2014, so that the <a href="/wiki/2015_Albanian_local_elections" title="2015 Albanian local elections">2015 local elections</a> divided the counties into <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">municipalities</a> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">bashki</i></span>) at the regional level and <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">administrative units</a> (<span title="Albanian-language text"><i lang="sq">njësi administrative</i></span>) for <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local government</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Counties_of_Albania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-shadow:white 0em 0em 0.4em; font-size:87%"> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 210px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg/210px-Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="210" height="458" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg/315px-Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg/420px-Harta_Administrative_e_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="652" /></span></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:36px; top:69.7px"><a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr_County" title="Shkodër County"><span style="color:#000000;">Shkodër</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:115.8px; top:80.2px"><a href="/wiki/Kuk%C3%ABs_County" title="Kukës County"><span style="color:#000000;">Kukës</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:48.6px; top:126.4px"><a href="/wiki/Lezh%C3%AB_County" title="Lezhë County"><span style="color:#000000;">Lezhë</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:103.2px; top:155.8px"><a href="/wiki/Dib%C3%ABr_County" title="Dibër County"><span style="color:#000000;">Dibër</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:29.7px; top:170.5px"><a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs_County" title="Durrës County"><span style="color:#000000;">Durrës</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:50.7px; top:204.1px"><a href="/wiki/Tirana_County" title="Tirana County"><span style="color:#000000;">Tirana</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:82.2px; top:237.7px"><a href="/wiki/Elbasan_County" title="Elbasan County"><span style="color:#000000;">Elbasan</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:27.6px; top:265px"><a href="/wiki/Fier_County" title="Fier County"><span style="color:#000000;">Fier</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:84.3px; top:302.8px"><a href="/wiki/Berat_County" title="Berat County"><span style="color:#000000;">Berat</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:147.3px; top:309.1px"><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_County" title="Korçë County"><span style="color:#000000;">Korçë</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:75.9px; top:359.5px"><a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr_County" title="Gjirokastër County"><span style="color:#000000;">Gjirokastër</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); padding: 0 2px; left:25.5px; top:353.2px"><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB_County" title="Vlorë County"><span style="color:#000000;">Vlorë</span></a></div> </div> </div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable" style="cellspacing=2px; text-align:left; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"> <th style="width:90px;" scope="col">County </th> <th style="width:75px;" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a> </th> <th style="width:75px;" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a> </th> <th style="width:85px;" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Albania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Albania">NUTS-2</a> </th> <th style="width:75px;" scope="col">Area </th> <th style="width:75px;" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Albania_by_population" title="List of counties of Albania by population">Population</a> (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-Population_INSTAT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Population_INSTAT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population density<br />(per km<sup>2</sup> in 2020) </th> <th>Emblem </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Berat_County" title="Berat County">Berat</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Berat" title="Berat">Berat</a> </td> <td>Berat, <a href="/wiki/Ku%C3%A7ov%C3%AB" title="Kuçovë">Kuçovë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poli%C3%A7an" title="Poliçan">Poliçan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skrapar" title="Skrapar">Skrapar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ura_Vajgurore" title="Ura Vajgurore">Ura Vajgurore</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Albania" title="Southern Albania">Southern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,798 km<sup>2</sup> (694 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">122,003 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.9 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Berat County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Berat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=40_44_N_19_59_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Berat+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°44′N</span> <span class="longitude">19°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.733°N 19.983°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.733; 19.983</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Berat County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Dib%C3%ABr_County" title="Dibër County">Dibër</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Peshkopi" title="Peshkopi">Peshkopi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulqiz%C3%AB" title="Bulqizë">Bulqizë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dib%C3%ABr_(municipality)" title="Dibër (municipality)">Dibër</a>, <a href="/wiki/Klos,_Dib%C3%ABr" class="mw-redirect" title="Klos, Dibër">Klos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mat_(municipality)" title="Mat (municipality)">Mat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Albania" title="Northern Albania">Northern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,586 km<sup>2</sup> (998 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">115,857 </td> <td style="text-align:right">44.8 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Dibër County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png/25px-ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png/38px-ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png/50px-ALB_Qarku_i_Dibr%C3%ABs_COA.png 2x" data-file-width="235" data-file-height="308" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link 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County">Durrës</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durrës</a> </td> <td>Durrës, <a href="/wiki/Kruj%C3%AB" title="Krujë">Krujë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shijak" title="Shijak">Shijak</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Albania" title="Northern Albania">Northern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">766 km<sup>2</sup> (296 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">290,697 </td> <td style="text-align:right">379.5 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Durr%C3%ABs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Durrës County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stema_e_Qarkut_Durr%C3%ABs.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Durr%C3%ABs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stema_e_Qarkut_Durr%C3%ABs.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Durr%C3%ABs.svg.png 1.5x, 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19.500</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Durrës County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Elbasan_County" title="Elbasan County">Elbasan</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Elbasan" title="Elbasan">Elbasan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belsh" title="Belsh">Belsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%ABrrik" title="Cërrik">Cërrik</a>, Elbasan, <a href="/wiki/Gramsh,_Elbasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramsh, Elbasan">Gramsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Librazhd" title="Librazhd">Librazhd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peqin" title="Peqin">Peqin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prrenjas" title="Prrenjas">Prrenjas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Albania" title="Central Albania">Central Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,199 km<sup>2</sup> (1,235 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">270,074 </td> <td style="text-align:right">84.4 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Elbasan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Elbasan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=41_6_N_20_8_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Elbasan+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°6′N</span> <span class="longitude">20°8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.100°N 20.133°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.100; 20.133</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Elbasan County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Fier_County" title="Fier County">Fier</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Fier" title="Fier">Fier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Divjak%C3%AB" title="Divjakë">Divjakë</a>, Fier, <a href="/wiki/Lushnj%C3%AB" title="Lushnjë">Lushnjë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mallakast%C3%ABr" title="Mallakastër">Mallakastër</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patos_(municipality)" title="Patos (municipality)">Patos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roskovec" title="Roskovec">Roskovec</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Albania" title="Southern Albania">Southern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,890 km<sup>2</sup> (730 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">289,889 </td> <td style="text-align:right">153.4 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Fier County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Fier.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="251" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=44_46_N_19_37_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Fier+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°46′N</span> <span class="longitude">19°37′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.767°N 19.617°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.767; 19.617</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Fier County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr_County" title="Gjirokastër County">Gjirokastër</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr" title="Gjirokastër">Gjirokastër</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dropull" title="Dropull">Dropull</a>, Gjirokastër, <a href="/wiki/K%C3%ABlcyr%C3%AB" title="Këlcyrë">Këlcyrë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libohov%C3%AB" title="Libohovë">Libohovë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memaliaj" title="Memaliaj">Memaliaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/P%C3%ABrmet" title="Përmet">Përmet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tepelen%C3%AB" title="Tepelenë">Tepelenë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Albania" title="Southern Albania">Southern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,884 km<sup>2</sup> (1,114 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">59,381 </td> <td style="text-align:right">20.6 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Gjirokastër County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Gjirokast%C3%ABr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="275" data-file-height="443" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=40_12_N_20_15_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Gjirokast%C3%ABr+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°12′N</span> <span class="longitude">20°15′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.200°N 20.250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.200; 20.250</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gjirokastër County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB_County" title="Korçë County">Korçë</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devoll_(municipality)" title="Devoll (municipality)">Devoll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolonj%C3%AB" title="Kolonjë">Kolonjë</a>, Korçë, <a href="/wiki/Maliq" title="Maliq">Maliq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pogradec" title="Pogradec">Pogradec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pustec_(municipality)" title="Pustec (municipality)">Pustec</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Albania" title="Southern Albania">Southern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,711 km<sup>2</sup> (1,433 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">204,831 </td> <td style="text-align:right">55.2 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Korçë County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="241" data-file-height="443" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=40_40_N_20_48_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°40′N</span> <span class="longitude">20°48′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.667°N 20.800°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.667; 20.800</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Korçë County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Kuk%C3%ABs_County" title="Kukës County">Kukës</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuk%C3%ABs" title="Kukës">Kukës</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Has_(municipality)" title="Has (municipality)">Has</a>, Kukës, <a href="/wiki/Tropoj%C3%AB" title="Tropojë">Tropojë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Albania" title="Northern Albania">Northern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,374 km<sup>2</sup> (917 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">75,428 </td> <td style="text-align:right">31.8 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Kukës County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Kuk%C3%ABs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="354" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=42_7_N_20_25_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Kuk%C3%ABs+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°7′N</span> <span class="longitude">20°25′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.117°N 20.417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.117; 20.417</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kukës County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lezh%C3%AB_County" title="Lezhë County">Lezhë</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lezh%C3%AB" title="Lezhë">Lezhë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kurbin" title="Kurbin">Kurbin</a>, Lezhë, <a href="/wiki/Mirdit%C3%AB" title="Mirditë">Mirditë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Albania" title="Northern Albania">Northern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,620 km<sup>2</sup> (630 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">122,700 </td> <td style="text-align:right">75.7 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Lezhë County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Lezh%C3%AB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="444" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=41_49_N_19_41_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Lezh%C3%AB+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°49′N</span> <span class="longitude">19°41′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.817°N 19.683°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.817; 19.683</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Lezhë County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr_County" title="Shkodër County">Shkodër</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fush%C3%AB-Arr%C3%ABz" title="Fushë-Arrëz">Fushë-Arrëz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%ABsi_e_Madhe" title="Malësi e Madhe">Malësi e Madhe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puk%C3%AB" title="Pukë">Pukë</a>, Shkodër, <a href="/wiki/Vau_i_Dej%C3%ABs" title="Vau i Dejës">Vau i Dejës</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Albania" title="Northern Albania">Northern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,562 km<sup>2</sup> (1,375 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">200,007 </td> <td style="text-align:right">56.1 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Shkodër County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Shkod%C3%ABr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" 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href="/wiki/Kavaj%C3%AB" title="Kavajë">Kavajë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rrogozhin%C3%AB" title="Rrogozhinë">Rrogozhinë</a>, Tirana, <a href="/wiki/Vor%C3%AB" title="Vorë">Vorë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Albania" title="Central Albania">Central Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,652 km<sup>2</sup> (638 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">906,166 </td> <td style="text-align:right">548.5 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Emblem of Tirana County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg/25px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg/38px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg/50px-Stema_e_Qarkut_Tiran%C3%AB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="443" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Counties_of_Albania&params=41_6_N_20_8_E_region:AL_type:adm1st_source:dewiki&title=Tirana+County"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°6′N</span> <span class="longitude">20°8′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.100°N 20.133°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.100; 20.133</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tirana County</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB_County" title="Vlorë County">Vlorë</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delvin%C3%AB" title="Delvinë">Delvinë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finiq" title="Finiq">Finiq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himara" class="mw-redirect" title="Himara">Himarë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konispol" title="Konispol">Konispol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarand%C3%AB" title="Sarandë">Sarandë</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selenic%C3%AB" title="Selenicë">Selenicë</a>, Vlorë </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Albania" title="Southern Albania">Southern Region</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,706 km<sup>2</sup> (1,045 sq mi) </td> <td style="text-align:right">188,922 </td> <td style="text-align:right">69.8 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Albania_(medieval)" title="Kingdom of Albania (medieval)">Kingdom of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Arta" title="Despotate of Arta">Despotate of Arta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Kastrioti" title="House of Kastrioti">House of Kastrioti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman period</a><br />(1385–1912)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_rebellion" title="Skanderbeg's rebellion">Skanderbeg's rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Lezh%C3%AB" title="League of Lezhë">League of Lezhë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanun_(Albania)" title="Kanun (Albania)">Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arb%C3%ABni_Council" title="Arbëni Council">Arbëni Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Albania" title="Islamization of Albania">Islamization of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Pashaliks" title="Albanian Pashaliks">Albanian Pashaliks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Albanian_Beys" title="Massacre of the Albanian Beys">Massacre of the Albanian Beys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolts_of_1833%E2%80%931839" title="Albanian revolts of 1833–1839">Revolts of 1833–1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_Dervish_Cara" title="Uprising of Dervish Cara">Uprising of Dervish Cara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Awakening" title="Albanian National Awakening">Albanian National Awakening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Prizren" title="League of Prizren">League of Prizren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Manastir" title="Congress of Manastir">Congress of Manastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">Revolt of 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malissori_uprising" title="Malissori uprising">Malissori uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taksim_meeting" title="Taksim meeting">Taksim meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1912" title="Albanian revolt of 1912">Revolt of 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimza_Government" title="Kimza Government">Kimza Government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Albania" title="Independent Albania">Independence</a><br />(1912–present)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himni_i_Flamurit" title="Himni i Flamurit">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Albania" title="Provisional Government of Albania">Provisional Government of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_during_the_Balkan_Wars" title="Albania during the Balkan Wars">Albania during the Balkan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Central_Albania" title="Republic of Central Albania">Republic of Central Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania (1914–25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I_in_Albania" title="World War I in Albania">World War I in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Autonomous Province of Korçë">Autonomous Province of Korçë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_over_Albania" title="Italian protectorate over Albania">Italian protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlora_War" title="Vlora War">Vlora War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mirdita" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Mirdita">Republic of Mirdita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Republic_(1925%E2%80%931928)" title="Albanian Republic (1925–1928)">Albanian Republic (1925–1928)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Union with Italian kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Albania" title="German occupation of Albania">German Nazi occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Albania" title="The Holocaust in Albania">The Holocaust in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albanian resistance during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania" title="People's Socialist Republic of Albania">Communist Albania (1946–91)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthography_Congress" title="Albanian Orthography Congress">Orthography Congress (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Post-Communist_Albania" title="History of Post-Communist Albania">Post-Communist Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Albanian_civil_unrest" title="1997 Albanian civil unrest">1997 Civil Unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Albania–NATO relations">NATO membership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Albania to the European Union">EU Accession</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Albanians" title="Origin of the Albanians">Origins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history" title="Timeline of Albanian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archives_in_Albania" title="List of archives in Albania">Archives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Albania" title="List of mountains in Albania">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Albania" title="List of rivers of Albania">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Albania" title="List of lakes of Albania">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Albania" title="List of islands of Albania">Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Albania" title="Environment of Albania">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Albania" title="Climate of Albania">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Albania" title="Biodiversity of Albania">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Albania" title="Category:Fauna of Albania">Habitat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Albania" title="Protected areas of Albania">Protected areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania" title="Politics of Albania">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Albania)" title="Council of Ministers (Albania)">Government</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Category:Government_agencies_of_Albania" title="Category:Government agencies of Albania">agencies</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">Head of state</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Albania" title="List of heads of state of Albania">list</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Albania" title="Foreign relations of Albania">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Albania" title="List of political parties in Albania">Political parties</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Treaties_of_Albania" title="Category:Treaties of Albania">Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Albania" title="Visa policy of Albania">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Albania" title="Judiciary of Albania">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Vetting_Institutions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Vetting Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Appellate_College_(Albania)" title="Special Appellate College (Albania)">KPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Public_Commissioners_(Albania)" title="Institution of Public Commissioners (Albania)">IKP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Monitoring_Operation_(Albania)" title="International Monitoring Operation (Albania)">ONM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Qualification_Commission_(Albania)" title="Independent Qualification Commission (Albania)">KPK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Albania" title="Corruption in Albania">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EURALIUS" title="EURALIUS">EURALIUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPAK" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAK">SPAK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_(Albania)" title="Prosecutor General (Albania)">Prosecutor General</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Albania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Albania">NUTS</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania" title="List of cities and towns in Albania">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">Communes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maps of Albania">Maps</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Albania" title="Elections in Albania">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Assembly</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">speakers</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Category:Lists of members of the Parliament of Albania">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Albania)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Albania)">Opposition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Albania" title="Human rights in Albania">Human rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Albania" title="Abortion in Albania">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Albania" title="Capital punishment in Albania">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Albania" title="List of assassinations in Albania">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Albania">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avokati_i_Popullit" title="Avokati i Popullit">Ombudsman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Police_(Albania)" title="State Police (Albania)">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_mafia" title="Albanian mafia">Organized crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_in_Albania" title="Prisons in Albania">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_crossings_of_Albania" title="Border crossings of Albania">Border crossings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Albania" title="Banking in Albania">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Lek <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Albania" title="Taxation in Albania">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Albania" title="Trade unions in Albania">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Supreme_Audit_(Albania)" title="State Supreme Audit (Albania)">State Supreme Audit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Albania" title="List of shopping malls in Albania">Shopping centers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Albania" title="List of supermarket chains in Albania">Supermarkets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Albania" title="Agriculture in Albania">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Albania" title="Healthcare in Albania">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Albania" title="List of companies of Albania">Companies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Albania" title="Renewable energy in Albania">Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Operators" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Power_Corporation" title="Albanian Power Corporation">KESH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_System_Operator_(Albania)" title="Transmission System Operator (Albania)">OST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operatori_i_Shp%C3%ABrndarjes_s%C3%AB_Energjis%C3%AB_Elektrike" title="Operatori i Shpërndarjes së Energjisë Elektrike">OSHEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Regulatory_Authority_(Albania)" title="Energy Regulatory Authority (Albania)">ERE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Albania" title="List of power stations in Albania">Hydropower plants</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Natural resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_in_Albania" title="List of oil and gas fields in Albania">Oil and gas</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Mining_in_Albania" title="Category:Mining in Albania">Mining</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highways_in_Albania" title="Highways in Albania">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Albania" title="List of airports in Albania">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Albania" title="List of ports in Albania">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Albania" title="Rail transport in Albania">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Albania" title="List of bridges in Albania">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_Albania" title="List of tunnels in Albania">Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Albania" title="List of tallest buildings in Albania">Highrises</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Albania" title="List of tallest structures in Albania">structures</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Albania" title="Telecommunications in Albania">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posta_Shqiptare" title="Posta Shqiptare">Posta Shqiptare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Albania" title="Squatting in Albania">Squatting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Albania" title="Tourism in Albania">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Monuments" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeological_sites_in_Albania" title="List of archaeological sites in Albania">Archaeological sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Albania" title="List of castles in Albania">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Albania" title="List of mosques in Albania">Mosques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tekkes_in_Albania" title="List of tekkes in Albania">Tekkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Albania" title="List of churches in Albania">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Albania" title="List of lighthouses in Albania">Lighthouses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Adriatic_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast">Adriatic Sea Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Ionian_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Ionian Sea Coast">Ionian Sea Coast</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Albanian_Riviera" title="Albanian Riviera">riviera</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Albania" title="List of beaches in Albania">Beaches</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High-contrast-camera-photo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/17px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/26px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/34px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Photographs of Albania">Images of Albania</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Albania" title="Category:Society of Albania">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Albania" title="Demographics of Albania">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Albania" title="Census in Albania">Census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_tribes" title="Albanian tribes">Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nobility" title="Albanian nobility">Noble families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_diaspora" title="Albanian diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Albania" title="Women in Albania">Women</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_art" title="Albanian art">Art</a> <small><a href="/wiki/List_of_art_galleries_in_Albania" title="List of art galleries in Albania">(galleries)</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Albania" title="Architecture of Albania">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photography_in_Albania" title="Photography in Albania">Photography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Albania" title="List of museums in Albania">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theatres_in_Albania" title="List of theatres in Albania">Theatres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Albania" title="Education in Albania">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_alphabet" title="Albanian alphabet">Alphabet</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Category:Albanian_scripts" title="Category:Albanian scripts">scripts</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abetare" title="Abetare">Abetare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_literature" title="Albanian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Research_institutes_in_Albania" title="Category:Research institutes in Albania">Research institutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_Albania" title="List of libraries in Albania">Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Albania" title="List of universities in Albania">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_publishing_companies_of_Albania" title="List of publishing companies of Albania">Publishers</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wikiquote page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/13px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/20px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/27px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albanian_proverbs" class="extiw" title="wikiquote:Albanian proverbs">Proverbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanology" title="Albanology">Albanology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Tradition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_folk_beliefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian folk beliefs">Folk beliefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Besa_(Albanian_culture)" title="Besa (Albanian culture)">Besa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oda_(Albania)" title="Oda (Albania)">Oda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secularism_in_Albania" title="Secularism in Albania">Secularism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Albania" title="Religion in Albania">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevruz_in_Albania" title="Nevruz in Albania">Nevruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_sworn_virgins" title="Balkan sworn virgins">Sworn virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Albanian_clothing" title="Traditional Albanian clothing">Costumes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qeleshe" title="Qeleshe">Qeleshe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fustanella" title="Fustanella">Fustanella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xhubleta" title="Xhubleta">Xhubleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brez_(clothing)" title="Brez (clothing)">Brez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinga" title="Opinga">Opinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xhamadan" title="Xhamadan">Xhamadan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_cuisine" title="Albanian cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wiktionary page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/16px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/24px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg/32px-Wiktionary-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="370" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gjell%C3%AB" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:gjellë">Gjellë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tav%C3%AB_kosi" title="Tavë kosi">Tavë kosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabuni" title="Kabuni">Kabuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakia" title="Rakia">Raki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_in_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Beer in Albania">Beer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_wine" title="Albanian wine">Wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cognac_Sk%C3%ABnderbeu" title="Cognac Skënderbeu">Cognac Skënderbeu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Football</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">National team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Albania" title="List of football clubs in Albania">Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Albania_international_footballers" title="List of Albania international footballers">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stadiums_in_Albania" title="List of stadiums in Albania">Stadiums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Other sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Weightlifting_Federation" title="Albanian Weightlifting Federation">Weightlifting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Athletics_Federation" title="Albanian Athletics Federation">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Cycling_Federation" title="Albanian Cycling Federation">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Basketball_Federation" title="Albanian Basketball Federation">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Volleyball_Federation" title="Albanian Volleyball Federation">Volleyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Swimming_Federation" title="Albanian Swimming Federation">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_Olympics" title="Albania at the Olympics">Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_indoor_arenas_in_Albania" title="List of indoor arenas in Albania">Indoor arenas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Albania" title="Music of Albania">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Albania" title="Television in Albania">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Albania" title="List of radio stations in Albania">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Albania" title="Cinema of Albania">Cinema</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Symbols_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Symbols of Albania">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_heraldry" title="Albanian heraldry">Heraldry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Flag</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Albanian_flags" title="List of Albanian flags">list</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania" title="Coat of arms of Albania">Coat of arms</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Armorial_of_Albania" title="Armorial of Albania">armorial</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epitaph_of_Gllavenica" title="Epitaph of Gllavenica">Epitaph of Gllavenica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Sign_Language" title="Albanian Sign Language">Sign language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations_and_medals_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations and medals of Albania">Orders, decorations and medals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_passport" title="Albanian passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.al" title=".al">.al</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Albania" title="Public holidays in Albania">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_in_Albania" title="Smoking in Albania">Smoking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Albania" title="Copyright law of Albania">Copyright law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Albania" title="Outline of Albania">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Albania" title="Outline of Albania">Index</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Albania" title="Bibliography of Albania">Bibliography</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Albania" title="Category:Albania">Category</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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title="Districts of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Districts of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_South_Ossetia" title="Administrative divisions of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Transnistria" title="Administrative divisions of Transnistria">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_by_country" title="List of administrative divisions by country">Table of administrative divisions by country</a><br /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><sup>1</sup> Spans the conventional boundary between Europe and another continent.</li><li><sup>2</sup> Considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons but is geographically in Western 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