The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) was formed in response...
Location | 41°20′N 19°48′E1 |
Area | 28,748 km2 3 |
Coastline | 362 km* |
Climate | Mild temperate with cool, cloudy, wet winters and hot, clear and dry summers. |
Terrain | The 70% of the country is mountainous and often inaccessible. The remainder, an alluvial plain, receives precipitation seasonally, is poorly drained, and is alternately arid or flooded. |
Population | 3,162,000 (2012)3 |
Official Languages | Albanian1 |
Natural Hazards | Drought, storm and flood2 |