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The boundary line is 1094 km long, out of which 657 km
areground border, 316 seaborder, 48 km river border and 73
km arelake borders. In the north it is confined with
Montenegro, FYROM and Kosove, 529 km, while in south and
southeast it borders on Greece, 271 km.In the west Albania
has a wide exit in Adriatic andIonian sea. Albania has got a
favorable geographical positionbecause it is situated in the
crossing point of the shortestroads which pass from the
western Mediterranean countries to theBalkans and Small
Asia, and it (Albania) controls the passthrough the sea
channel of Otranto.Its biggest valleys are those situated in
Drin, Shkumbinand Vjose rivers which facilitate at the same
time the innerconnection of the Balkans with the Adriatic
sea and that of Small Asia with the Mediterranean
countries.The Adriatic coast lies from the Buna gorge
tillGjuheza cape. Starting from Vlore bay towards the south
theseaside is high, and a charecterisctic there is the
dominationKaraburuni mountain.The main bays of Albania are:
the bays of Drini, Lalezi,Durresi, Karavasta and that of
Vlore in the entry of which issituated Sazani island.The
main lagoons are: Lundra, Patoku, Bishtrake, Seman andVlore
lagoons.The main beaches are: Velipoje, Tale, Durresi,
Divjake,Seman and Vlore beach.The main capes are that of
Rodon, Bishti i Palles andGjuheza.The relief of Albania is
mainly rocky. The first alpinemountain-range were formed at
the end of Jurassic, while duringthe Cenozoic area was
accelerated the mountain-formation processin the Albanide
eternity, which actually form the earth andunderground of
Albania. The approximate height of the relief is708 meters,
or two times more that the average height ofEurope. The
greatest altitude is found in the Albanian Alps andin the
eastern mountains (Korabi 2751 meters over the sea levelis
the highest point of Albania).Fields are mainly found in the
western part of the countryalong the Adriatic shore, but
they lie as well in other parts ofAlbania. The highest
fields are those situated in Kor]e basin,more than 800
meters over sea level. The fields are mainlysituated
alongside the biggest rivers such as Vjose, Devoll,Osum,
Shkumbin, Erzen, Mat and Drin, were are situated
theagricultural lands and big urban centers, and where
importantcommunication roads are found.The Albanian
territory is divided in four big naturalparts; Albanian
Alps, the central mountainous region, thesouthern
mountainous region, and the western lowland.
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The Albanian population belongs to a very young age. More
than 40% of the population, men and women, belong to the
0-19 age-group, 50% of the population belong to the group
age of 20-64 and only 10% are more than 65 years old.As
compared with 1938, the population is tripled and it amounts
to 3,5 million inhabitants. Until the end of 70ies the index
of the average growth of population in a year was higher in
males, about 3%, while according to the latest registration
data in 1989, this index is higher in females, about 2%. In
1989 we have a population dispersion which graphically is
represented by a regular population pyramid, in 1995 this
pyramid changed in males belonging to the age group of 20 to
30 years old.This fact is explained with the emigration
phenomenon, which achieved its peak during the transitional
period. According to UNDP data 15% of Albania population is
actually living outside the Albanian territory.
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