Tirana is the capital city of Albania a country situated in the North Eastern Mediterranean inhabited by one of the oldest ethnic populations in Europe. Albania is a country in South-Eastern Europe, in the West of the Balkan Peninsula, which borders in the North with Kosova, North-East with Montenegro, on the East with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and in the South and South-East with the Republic of Greece. On the West, Albania is washed by the Adriatic and Ionian seas. Although foreigners know it as Albania the natives call it Shqiperi which from Albanian many translate it as “Land of Eagles” possibly to its very mountainous terrain, twice the European altitude average.

Although relatively modern, taking the shape of an urban centre only e few centuries ago, Tirana has traces of ancient dwellings in and around it, testimony to a much more ancient past. Today it has turned into a Metropolitan City of nearly 800 000 inhabitants and the most important business centre of the country. As a result it is a place where people tent to converge for both business and pleasure.

Tirana in Figures
Population: 700 - 800 000 (Unofficial)
Country: Albania
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Telephone area code: 04
Height above sea level: 110 metres
Average annual Temperature: 16º C

Currency

The Albanian official currency is the Albanian LEK (ALL).
The approximate exchange rate is 1 Euro = 122 ALL and 1 USD = 81 ALL