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Albania flag is a two headed black eagle on the background of red. This national flag of Albania was adopted on 7 th of April in the year 1992. This flag's ratio of width and length is 5:7. The use of the double headed eagle has a history associated with it. A Christian Albanian, George Castriota led the Albanian army in their fight against the Turks and he used the same flag and the double headed eagle in his seals also. This general whose real name is Iskander Bey or Skanderberg, is a great historical figure in Albanian history.

Official Name: Republikae Shqiperise

Capital: Tirana

Location: In the southeastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, bordering the Adriatic Sea. On land, it has frontiers with former Yugoslavia and Greece

Area: 28,748 sq. km.

Official Languages: Albanian

National Flag: Red with a black double-headed eagle in the center.

Flag Ratio: 2:3

National Anthem: Himni I Flamurit, Hymn to Our Flag (1912)