 Geography
The
geography in Albania and the surrounding countries are Greece, Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia, and Romania. It is
located on the continent of Europe and is surrounded by the Ionian sea,
Adriatic Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. Albania
covers 11,100 square miles. Albania is the smallest county in
Europe. The land in Albania is mostly mountains and the land
forms and important bodies of water are Lake Shkodres, Lake
Ohrid and Lake Prespes . The capital is Tirana.
Population
 The population of Albania is 3,544,841. The literacy
rate and the life expectancy is 93% and 69-75 years of age. The
urban population is 38%.
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Climate
The typical weather patterns
are mild temperatures, cool , cloudy, there are wet winters and there
are dry summers. The natural hazards that Albanians have to watch out for
are, destructive earthquakes, floods, drought and tsunamis which only occurs
along the southwestern coast.
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Economy
It is hard for most people to provide for themselves
and their families because Albania is such a poor country, but
European standards provide open markets so that Albanian's could provide for
themselves and their families.
Government
The leader of the county is
Alfred Moisiu who is the president and the Prime Minister is Fatos
Nano they got to this position by getting voted
on.
Religion
Some
religious beliefs are Sunni Muslim and Albanian Orthodox Roman Catholic.
Holidays and Festivals
Two holidays that
are celebrated in Albania are, Eidaladha, also known as Great Bayram.
This is celebrated in the memory of Abraham's willingness to
sacrifice his son to God. Another holiday is called
Christmas which Christian Albanian's celebrate. They
celebrate it by remembering the birth of God's son
Jesus.
Fun and Recreation
The children's games in Albania are mostly
what you would find here in America and New York. Some games are jump
rope or skipping rope, tag, hide and go seek and the most popular game in
the country is called...Soccer. Soccer is the most popular children and
adult game. The Albanians have a playing televised league.
Useful Expressions:
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Food
The
people in Albania buy food and barter it in a village, but since
mostly all of the people are poor they mostly use
farming areas. So the staple food (which means every food that
you would have an a daily basis) is milk, cheese, vegetables,
bread, meat, eggplant, peppers, olives and tomatoes.
The crops that are grown are vegetables and
seasonings and whatever else is needed.
The unique dishes are shish kebab, beef,
patties, rice with cheese, white bean soup as well as beef
stew and roast meat with sour cream or yogurt. The typical
day' menu is breakfast, lunch and dinner and the foods are
milk, cheese, vegetables, bread and meat.
Cultural
Arts:
This
self portrait was made up of oil paints and it was painted on
a canvas.
This
a self portrait of a painter named Joni Kraja.
There are
well-known artists, musicians, choreographers, and writers
from this area. An artist painted this picture above.
His name was
Joni
Kraja and he also had painted a lot other pieces of art.
Albania
has some dances all of them are just like we have here in
the U.S.A., but most dances are just moving around.
The museums
located Albania are regular museum's
that you would find and visit here in New York. You would
find art museums
or nature museums.
Albania
has stories like every other country would. One fact about a story
or a tall tale is that they have been important in
Albania for centuries. Under 400 years of Ottoman rule,
Albanians kept their history and culture alive through music
and stories. Troubadours and minstrels traveled the country
singing songs, some of them thousands of verses long. The
songs told of valor, love of country and of freedom, hatred
of oppression and the willingness to sacrifice oneself for
one’s country. Many played an instrument called a lahuta,
a one-stringed lute.
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Culture Walls 
Author: Christopher