Tirana
Tirana (Albanie: Tiranë, Tirana or Tirona) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Albanie. Modren Tirana wis foondit as an Ottoman toun in 1614 bi Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler frae Mullet, although the aurie haes been continuously inhabitit syne antiquity. Tirana became Albanie's caipital ceety in 1920 an nou it haes a population o mair nor 600,000. The ceety is hame tae mony universities an is the centre o the politeecal, economical, an cultural life o the kintra.
Tirana Tiranë | |
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Skyline of Tirana by night looking over Rinia Park | |
Coordinates: 41°19′48″N 19°49′12″E / 41.33000°N 19.82000°ECoordinates: 41°19′48″N 19°49′12″E / 41.33000°N 19.82000°E | |
Kintra | Albanie |
Coonty | Tirana Coonty |
Destrict | Tirana Destrict |
Foondit | 1614 |
Subdiveesions | 11 Municipal Units |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Lulzim Basha (PD)[1] |
Area | |
• Ceety | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1652 km2 (638 sq mi) |
Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Ceety | 421,286 |
• Density | 10553/km2 (27,330/sq mi) |
• Metro | 763,634 |
• Metro density | 462/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1001–1028[3] |
Area code(s) | +355 4 |
Website | www |
Internaitional relations
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eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "www.tirana.gov.al". Archived frae the original on 8 Julie 2010. Retrieved 29 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Population and Housing Census in Albania" (PDF). Institute of Statistics of Albania. 2011.
- ↑ (in Albanie) Kodi postar Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine Posta Shqiptare. www.postashqiptare.al. Retrieved on 13 November 2008
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Twinning Cities: International Relations" (PDF). Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 16 Februar 2008. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
- ↑ "Barcelona internacional - Ciutats agermanades" (in Spaingie). © 2006-2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Archived frae the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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(help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) - ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
- ↑ International Relations Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine. Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
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