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| | Albania Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online |
 | | Albania, Albanian Shqipëria, republic (11,101 sq mi/28,752 sq km; 1989 population 3,182,417; 2004 estimated population 3,544,808), SE Europe, on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Serbia (Kosovo province) on the N, Macedonia on the E, and Greece on the S; (cap.) Tiranë. |
 | | Albania is rugged and mountainous, except for the fertile Adriatic coast. |
 | | After his death (1355), Albania was ruled by native chieftains until the Turks began their conquests in the 15th century In return for serving the Turks, a son of one of these chieftains received the title Skander Bey (Lord Alexander), which in Albanian became Skanderbeg. |
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