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1. ALBANIA
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY
KNOW YOUR WORLD
A PROGRAM OF GLOBAL TIES AKRON

2. HISTORY AT A
GLANCE
ALBANIA
MAJOR HISTORICAL
DATES
B.C. A.D.
YEAR EVENT
1415-1431
18th-19th
centuries
1912
1955
1967
Albania is incorporated into
Ottoman Empire
Albanian renaissance
Albania declares independence
from Ottoman Empire
Albania becomes founding
member is Warsaw Pact
Declared world’s first atheist
state
YEAR EVENT
7th Century
BC
167 BC
Greek colonies
established along coast
Area conquered by Rome

3. ALBANIA LAND SIZE:
11099.6649 Sq. miles

4. ALBANIA
COMPARED TO
OHIO/US
Comparison Data:
Albania is slightly smaller
than Maryland

5. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS GENERAL
INFORMATION
● Full name: Republic of Albania
● Official language: Albanian
● Major religion: Muslim- 56.7%
(no official religion)
● Life expectancy: male- 75.33,
female- 80.86

6. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS GEOGRAPHIC
DATA
● Population: about
2.81 million
(2021)
● Capital: Tirana
● Largest city:
Tirana

7. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS ECONOMIC DATA
CENTRAL BANK:
MONETARY UNIT:
MONETARY SYMBOL:
Bank of Albania
Albanian Lek
L

8. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS ECONOMIC DATA
NATURAL RESOURCES:
Petroleum, natural gas, coal
MAIN EXPORTS:
leather footwear and parts, electricity,
crude petroleum
MAIN IMPORTS:
refined petroleum, cars, tanned hides,
AMOUNT: $5.612 B
COUNTRIES (Top2): Italy 45%, Spain 8%
AMOUNT: $8.004 B
COUNTRIES (Top2): Italy 28%, Greece 12%

9. ECONOMY
● Still suffering the effects of their transition from a centralized economy,
during their isolationist times, to a capitalist economy
● One of the poorest countries in Europe
● Agricultural sector is half the employment but only one-fifth of the GDP
● Low foreign direct investment
● Currently has candidate status for the European Union
● Working to improve roads and railroads for trade
● Rich in mineral resources like petroleum
ALBANIA

10. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS LANGUAGES &
RELIGIONS
Language: Albanian
Religion: Muslim
all mosques and
churches were closed in
1967 and religious
observances prohibited;
in November 1990,
Albania began allowing
private religious practice

11. ALBANIA
QUICK FACTS GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE:
CURRENT
LEADER:
VOTING
LIBERTIES:
Category Name
Republic of Albania
Type
parliamentary republic
Governing
Document (Est)
constitution of the
Republic of
Albania(1998)
Bajram Begaj
Position
President
Allowed (Yes/No)
Age
Restrictions
Yes
18
Must be a citizen who
is not serving a prison
sentence

12. Albanian National History Museum, Tirana,
Albania: a well documented history of the
country
FAMOUS
LANDMARKS
Berat, Albania, UNESCO Site: rare examples
of ottoman architecture
ALBANIA
Albanian Mountains and bunkers: Military
bunkers from the time of Dictator Enver
Hoxha

13. ALBANIA
MODERN
CULTURAL
PRACTICES
IMPACT OF THE WORLD
RELIGION OF ISLAM
Quran
In 1976, Albania was
declared the first Atheist
country and banned
religious practices
INSERT PICTURE OF
IMPACT
Albania has no official religion
People are free to choose the
religion they want

14. ALBANIA
GENDER ROLES GIRLS/BOYS &
MEN/WOMEN
GENDER ROLES:
TYPE OF ROLE
AVG
HOUSEHOLD
=
a parent and their
children
MEN/BOYS = pay bills,
work, manage money
WOMEN/GIRLS =
household chore, child
care, caring for the sick
MARRIAGES = civil
and religious

15. ALBANIA
TRADITIONAL
DRESS
MEN

16. ALBANIA
TRADITIONAL
DRESS
WOMEN

17. Middle School in Albania
● Public schools are better than private ones in Albania
● No buses to get to school because the distances are not far enough, Anna Maria was a 5
minute walk from school
● No lockers- have to carry around all their books and notebooks, which is very heavy
● 32-40 in a class
● Girls take turns cleaning the classroom, pick up trash and put up chairs
● School finishes between 1-2pm
● Go home, eat, watch T.V., and study

18. Life as a Kid in Albania
● Game with rocks and a game with buttons, which they would collect for the game; hide
and seek; color game
● Parks don’t have things like seesaws or swings; they’re plain
● No one outside from 2-5pm because its sleeping/nap/rest time; even grocery stores would
close
● Many little girls play with Barbie dolls, make their clothes or exchange them with friends
● Ice cream when it’s hot out just like in the US
● Common to see 30 kids outside playing with balls and ropes in the neighborhood and
being very loud

19. INSERT PHOTO
HERE
ALBANIA
TRADITIONAL &
CONTEMPORAR
Y
MUSIC, DANCE, SPORTS,
FOLK TALES, CUSTOMS

20. ALBANIA
NATIONAL
FESTIVALS &
HOLIDAYS
HOLIDAY/FESTIVAL DATE
Independence
Day
Mother Teresa
Day
Gjirokastër
National
Folklore Festival
Summer Festival
November 28th
October 19th
Every 5 years
March 14th

21. ALBANIA
FOOD
TAVA E KOSIT (LAMB WITH YOGHURT)
BYREK (FILLED CRISPY PASTRY)

22. PRESENTION
PREPARED BY
Anna Maria Haruni
● From Tirana, Albania
● In May 2015, she came to the United States for the first
time to spend her summer doing work and travel in
Cape Cod to strengthen her English language skills

23. LINKS
● https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-fa
ctbook/geos/print/country/countrypdf_al.pdf
● http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/euro
pe/al.htm
● http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/students/maguire/histo
ry.html