The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ female: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 77.06 years

       male: 74.37 years

       female: 80.02 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       2.05 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       NA

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       NA

      Nationality:

       noun: Albanian(s)

       adjective: Albanian

      Ethnic groups:

       Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, and

       Macedonian or Bulgarian) (1989 est.)

       note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from

       1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)

      Religions:

       Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%

       note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current

       statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were

       closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November

       1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice

      Languages:

       Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach,

       Romani, Slavic dialects

      Literacy:

       definition: age 9 and over can read and write

       total population: 86.5%

       male: 93.3%

       female: 79.5% (2003 est.)

      Government Albania

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Albania

       conventional short form: Albania

       local short form: Shqiperia

       former: People's Socialist Republic of Albania

       local long form: Republika e Shqiperise

      Government type:

       emerging democracy

      Capital:

       Tirana

      Administrative divisions:

       12 counties (qarqe, singular - qark); Qarku i Beratit, Qarku i

       Dibres, Qarku i Durresit, Qarku i Elbasanit, Qarku i Fierit, Qarku i

       Gjirokastres, Qarku i Korces, Qarku i Kukesit, Qarku i Lezhes, Qarku

       i Shkodres, Qarku i Tiranes, Qarku i Vlores

      Independence:

       28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 28 November (1912)

      Constitution:

       a constitution was adopted by popular referendum on 28 November 1998

      Legal system:

       has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ

       jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International

       Criminal Court for its citizens

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President of the Republic Alfred MOISIU (since 24

       July 2002)

       head of government: Prime Minister Fatos NANO (since 31 July 2002)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers proposed by the prime minister,

       nominated by the president, and approved by Parliament

       elections: president elected by the People's Assembly for a

       five-year term; election last held 24 June 2002 (next to be held NA

       June 2007); prime minister appointed by the president

       election results: Alfred MOISIU elected president; People's Assembly

       vote by number - total votes 116, for 97, against 19

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral People's Assembly or Kuvendi Popullor (140 seats; 100

       are elected by direct popular vote and 40 by proportional vote for

       four-year terms)

       elections: last held 24 June 2001 with subsequent rounds on 8 July,

       22 July, 29 July, 19 August 2001 (next to be held July 2005)

       election results: percent of vote by party - PS 41.5%, PD and

       coalition allies 36.8%, PDR 5.2%, PSD 3.6%, PBDNJ 2.6%, PASH (now

       PAA) 2.6%, PAD 2.5%; seats by party - PS 73, PD and coalition allies

       46, PDR 6, PSD 4, PBDNJ 3, PASH (now PAA) 3, PAD 3, independents 2;

       note - seats by party as of January 2005: PS 65, PD and coalition

       allies 46, LSI 9, PDR 6, PSD 3, PBDNJ 3, PASH (now PAA) 3, PAD 3,

       PDS 1, independents 1

      Judicial branch:

       Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the

       People's Assembly for a four-year term), and multiple appeals and

       district courts

      Political parties and leaders:

       Agrarian Environmentalist Party СКАЧАТЬ