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  1. Date of Independence: November 28, 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: November 28, 1998
  3. Population: 3,364,571 (1999 est.) 
  4. Area: 11,100 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Tiran√´
  6. Form of Government: emerging democracy
  7. Natural Resources: gas, oil, coal, copper, chromium, iron, nickel
  8. Main Industries: timber, textiles, fuels, construction materials, semiprocessed materials
  9. Agriculture: wheat, potatoes, corn, cotton, sugar beets, tobacco
  10. Currency: lek
  11. GDP: $5 billion (1998 est.) 
  12. GDP per Capita: $1,490 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Albanian, Greek
  14. Religions: Islam, Christianity (Albanian Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism)
  15. Literacy Rate: 93%
  16. Life Expectancy: 66 years (male)
  17.                               72 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 21 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 7 deaths per 1,000 population