| − | '''Tirana''' is the capital city of [[Albania]]. Founded as an [[Ottoman]] settlement in 1614, it was declared capital of Albania in 1920, when it had a population of around 10,000. Since trhe end of [[communist]] rule in Albania, the capital's population gas grown from c.250,000 to a figure of 616,000. Tirana is located on the Ishem River, twenty miles from the sea and from the port city of [[Dürres]]. | + | '''Tirana''' is the capital city of [[Albania]]. Founded as an [[Ottoman]] settlement in 1614, it was declared capital of Albania in 1920, when it had a population of around 10,000. Since the end of [[communist]] rule in Albania, the capital's population has grown from c.250,000 to a figure of 616,000. Tirana is located on the Ishem River, twenty miles from the sea and from the port city of [[Dürres]]. |