Albania is a country in South-Eastern Europe, in the West of the Balkan Peninsula. Albania is almost midway between Far East and Central and North Europe, and covers a surface of 28.748 km2.

The overall length of the borderline of the Republic of Albania is 1094 km; out of which 657-km is land border, 316-km sea-border, 48-km river-border and 73 km lake-border.

The Republic of Albania, on the North borders with Montenegro, on North-East with Kosovo, on the East with Macedonia, and in the South and South-East with Greece.

On the West, Albania is washed by the Adriatic and Ionian seas. The lowlands of the west face the Adriatic Sea. The average altitude is 708 m, i.e. two times higher than that of Europe.

The highest mountain is Korab situated in the district of Dibra, reaching up to 2751m. Besides the capital city of Tirana, which has 800,000 inhabitants, the principal cities are Durrës, Shkodër, Vlorë, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë, Lezhe and Kukës.