Today we have official calculations on the distribution of land in Albania. From them it appears that 3450 sq. Km. (12.5%) are represented by workable land, 8260 by natural meadows and pastures (36%), 9910 by woods (35.9%), 1518 (15.6%) by uncultivated and unproductive land (including inland waters). It is confirmed that corn is the largest […]
The geographical knowledge of the Albanian territory is almost entirely due to explorations and researches carried out in the last hundred years. The first large harvest of reliable knowledge comes from the explorations of the two French geologists Ami Boué (1834-1864) and Viquesnel (1842-44 and 1847), who traveled numerous itineraries in Northern Albania and gave […]
According to 800zipcodes, the Albanian population is made up of over two thirds (67%) of Muslims, about one fifth (21%) of Greek Orthodox, and 12% of Catholics. There are almost no Jews, with the exception of a few traders in the major centers. As can be seen from the table on p. 102 Muslims are […]
