ALBANIA ALBANIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 28 1912 FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 28 1998 POPULATION 3364571 1999 EST AREA 11100 SQ MI CAPITAL TIRANE FORM OF GOVERNMENT EMERGING DEMOCRACY NATURAL RESOURCES GAS OIL COAL COPPER CHROMIUM IRON NICKEL MAIN INDUSTRIES TIMBER TEXTILES FUELS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SEMIPROCESSED MATERIALS AGRICULTURE WHEAT POTATOES CORN COTTON SUGAR BEETS TOBACCO CURRENCY LEK GDP 5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1490 1998 EST LANGUAGES ALBANIAN GREEK RELIGIONS ISLAM CHRISTIANITY ALBANIAN ORTHODOXY ROMAN CATHOLICISM LITERACY RATE 93 LIFE EXPECTANCY 66 YEARS MALE 72 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 21 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
