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Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Geographic coordinates: 41 00 N, 20 00 E

Area: total: 28, 748 sq km; land: 27,398 sq km; water: 1,350 sq km

Land boundaries: total: 720 km; border countries: Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 151 km, Yugoslavia 287 km

Coastline: 362 km

Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; territorial sea: 12 NM

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m; highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,753 m

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, hydropower

Land use: arable land: 21%; permanent crops: 5%; permanent pastures: 15%; forests and woodland: 38%

Geography – note: strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)