Albania’s location, capital, language and currency
A brief guide to locating Albania in southeastern Europe and keeping three useful reference points in mind before you plan: Tirana, Albanian and the lek.
Read guide →Tirana
Tirana is Albania’s capital and a geographic reference point for beginning to plan a trip. Check current connections and services before finalizing plans.
The place
What makes it special
- Capital of Albania.
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2 articlesArticles in Tirana
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Guides to this place
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q222
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1655535
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1576577
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q107182203
- Albania · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q932378
- Albania · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Tirana · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Tirana · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Tirana, Tirana Municipality, Tirana County, 1001-1028, Albania · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Albania · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Albania · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
- Tirana · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q19689
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 07/10/2026