Area:
11,100 square miles

Population:
3,237,000 (1990)

Major Religions:
Islam, Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism

Official Language:
Albanian

Albania

Albania lies in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. It has a 225 mile coastline on the Adriatic and Ionian seas. "Shqiperi" is the Albanias' name for their land. It means "eagles' land" and aptly describes the ruggedness and independence of one of Europes smallest countries.