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Albania Facts for the Visitor
   Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to Albania...

OFFICIAL NAME
Republic of Albania

CAPITAL
Tirana

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Albanian

FLAG


TIME
Albania is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Albania, it's 11am in London, 6am in New York, 3am in San Francisco, 6am in Toronto, 9pm in Sydney and 11pm in Auckland.

RELIGION
Muslim (Sunni and Bektashi) 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, and Roman Catholic 10%.

WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Albania uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is weighed in kilos.





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