Tirana

Tirana Tiranë
Ceety
Skyline of Tirana by night looking over Rinia Park
Banner Coat airms
Tirana Location of Tirana in Tirana County
Coordinates: 41°19′48″N 19°49′12″E
Kintra	Albanie
Coonty	Tirana Coonty
Destrict	Tirana Destrict
Foondit	1614
Subdiveesions	11 Municipal Units
Govrenment
• Mayor	Lulzim Basha (PD)
Area
• Ceety	41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
• Metro	1652 km2 (638 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Ceety	421,286
• Density	10553/km2 (27,330/sq mi)
• Metro	763,634
• Metro density	462/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1001–1028
Area code(s)	+355 4
Website	www.tirana.gov.al

Tirana (Albanie: Tiranë, Tirana or Tirona) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Albanie. Modren Tirana wis foondit as an Ottoman toun in 1614 bi Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler frae Mullet, although the aurie haes been continuously inhabitit syne antiquity. Tirana became Albanie's caipital ceety in 1920 an nou it haes a population o mair nor 600,000. The ceety is hame tae mony universities an is the centre o the politeecal, economical, an cultural life o the kintra.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Albanie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Tirana is twinned wi:

— Ankara, Turkey — Athens, Greece — Barcelona, Spain — Beijing Cheenae (since 2005) — Brussels, Belgium — Bucharest, Romanie — Bursa, Turkey

— Cobourg, Canadae — Florence, Italy — Genoa, Italy — Grand Rapids, USA — Kiev, Ukraine — Madrid, Spain — Marseille, Fraunce

— Moscow, Roushie — Paris, Fraunce — Prague, Czech Republic — Pristina, Kosovo — Roum, Italy — Seoul, Sooth Korea — Sofia, Bulgarie

— Stockholm, Swaden — Turin, Italy — Vilnius, Lithuanie — Zagreb, Croatie — Zaragoza, Spain — Podgorica, Montenegro — Ulcinj, Montenegro