Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia - Albania
Albania is a Mediterranean country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia and Montenegro in the north, the Republic of Macedoni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania Toponym: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania Toponym - Albania Balkans
The Balkan toponym Albania may share the same etymology as the Alps, which is of disputed etymology[1]. Some linguists propose a derivati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Administrative Divisions
Main articles: Districts of Albania and Counties of Albania Albania is divided into 12 qark (county or prefecture), which are further div...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aubrey Herbert: Encyclopedia Ii - Aubrey Herbert - Albania
He became a passionate advocate of Albanian independence, having visited the country in 1907, 1911 and 1913. When the Albanian delegates ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Greece - Albania
Greece restored diplomatic relations with Albania in 1971, but the Greek government retained a cease-of-fire and did not formally lift th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - History
Main articles: Illyria, Illyricum, Dalmatia, History of Albania. In the area that is today Albania, human activity has been present since...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - History
Main articles: Illyria, Illyricum, Dalmatia, History of Albania. The earlier inhabitants were probably part of the pre-Indo-European popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Albania: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Albania
Culture of Albania Albanian folklore Albanian language Albanian literature Albanian mythology Albanian proverbs Cinema of Albania Cuisin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania (or Aghbania) was an ancient empire that covered what is now southern Dagestan and most of today's Azerbaijan of the Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania
From 1945 until 1990 Albania had a socialist government. The communist party was created in 1941. Enver Hoxha became the leader of this p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Highways
The total length of Albania's roads had more than doubled in about three decades, and by the 1980s almost all of the country's remote mou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Terrain
The 70% of the country that is mountainous is rugged and often inaccessible. The remainder, an alluvial plain, receives precipitation sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Railways
Albania's standard-gauge rail lines linked Shkodër with Durrës, Tirana, Elbasan, Pogradec, Ballsh, and Vlorë. The country's only inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Albania - Airports
Kukes airport is to open in early 2006. Making this the second civilian airport in Albania. Plans are on the table for an internation air...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Climate
With its coastline facing the Adriatic and Ionian seas, its highlands backed upon the elevated Balkan landmass, and the entire country ly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Drainage
Nearly all of the precipitation that falls on Albania drains into the rivers and reaches the coast without even leaving the country. In t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Albania - Borders
With the exception of the coastline, all Albanian borders are artificial. They were established in principle at the 1912-1913 conference ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Modern Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1989-present) Since 1992 Albania has been oriented towards the West. In 1995, Albania was accepted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Communist Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1945-1989) Enver Hoxha and Mehmet Shehu emerged as the dominant figures in Albania after five years of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Folk Music
Main article: Albanian folk music Albanian folk music falls into three sylistic groups, with other important music areas around Shkoder a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Popular Music
The city of Shkodër has long been the cultural capital of Albania, and its music is considered the most sophisticated in the country. Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Albania - Education In The New Albania
A reorganization plan was announced in 1990 that would extend the compulsory education program from eight to ten years. The following yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Caucasian Albania And Armenian Conquests
Parts of Caucasian Albania, including Artsakh and Uti on the right bank of the Kura river, were conquered by the Armenians. Armenia, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Classical Music
Main article: Albanian classical music One pivotal composer in modern Albanian classical music was Mart Gjoka, who composed several vocal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Caucasian Albania And Armenian Conquests
Parts of Caucasian Albania, including Artsakh and Uti on the right bank of the Kura river, were conquered by the Armenians. Strabo, Ptole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Spreading Of Christianity In Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania was one of the first countries where Christianity was adopted from the 4th century, when the Albanian Church was formed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Albania - Islam In Albania Before 1944
One of the major legacies of nearly five centuries of Ottoman rule was the conversion of up to 70 percent of the Albanian population to I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War I And Its Effects On Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1919-1939) Albania achieved a degree of statehood after World War I, in part because of the diplomatic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Legislative Branch
The Assembly of the Republic of Albania (Kuvendi i Republikës së Shqipërisë) is the lawmaking body in Albania. There are 140 deputies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Executive Branch
The head of state in Albania is the President of the Republic. The President is elected to a 5-year term by the Assembly of the Republic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Albanian King
Zogu crowned himself King of the Albanians (Mbret i Shqiptarëvet in Albanian) and declared himself Field Marshal of the Royal Albanian A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Life In Exile
Immediately after his deposition, Zog moved temporarily to Egypt, where he became a friend to King Farouk. He then began life in exile as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Dissolution Of The Albanian Kingdom
In the 7th century AD, the kingdom was abolished by the Arabs and, like all Islamic conquests at the time, assimilated into the Caliphate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albania And The Soviet Union
Albania became dependent on Soviet aid and know-how after the break with Yugoslavia in 1948. In February 1949, Albania gained membership ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Political Legacy
During World War II, royalist resistance in northern Albania was largely ineffective, later merging with communist insurgents (partisans)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albania And China
Albania played a role in the Sino-Soviet conflict far outweighing either its size or its importance in the communist world. By 1958 Alban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Albania - The Revival Of Religion
In the 1980s, officials grudgingly began to concede that the campaign against religion had not been entirely successful, and indeed proba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ancient Illyria
Main article: Illyria The Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Relations With Italy
The fascist government of Benito Mussolini's Italy had supported Zog since early in his presidency; that support led to increased Italian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Origin Of The Albanians
Main article: Origin of Albanians A number of scholars consider that the Albanians are direct descendants of an Illyrian tribe that was n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Roman Period
In the Illyrian Wars of 229 and 219 B.C., Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva River valley. The Romans made new gains in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Birth Of Albanian Nationalism
Main article: National awakening and the birth of Albania By the 1870s, the Sublime Porte's reforms aimed at checking the Ottoman Empire'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Albania - Status Of Religious Freedom
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice. According to the 1998 Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Albania-related Articles: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Albania-related Articles - List Of Unedited Articles
Note: Before editing these articles make sure that there are not any articles already on that subject with a different spelling (instead ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Albania - Hoxha's Antireligious Campaign
A dogmatic Stalinist, Enver Hoxha considered religion a divisive force and undertook an active campaign against religious institutions, d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Albania - Pre-communist Era
As late as 1946, about 85% of the people were illiterate, principally because schools using the Albanian language had been practically no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Albania - Demographic Data From The Cia World Factbook
Demographics of Albania - Population. 3,563,112 (July 2005 est.) Demographics of Albania - Age Structure. 0-14 years: 25.6% (male ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ottoman Rule
Main article: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination Ottoman supremacy in the Balkan region began in 1385 but was briefly interrupted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Albanian Alphabet And Language
Ancient Armenian historian, Koriun, in his book "The Life of Mashtots", wrote: "Then there came and visited them an elderly man, an Alban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of Albania - The Communist Period
After World War II, the communist government of the state founded the Albanian Film Institute in 1945, which became Kinostudia Shqipëria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Ancient Population Of Aghbania
Aran was a legendary ancestor and the eponym of the Albanians (Aghvan). Caucasian Albanians were one of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beslidhja Skaut Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Beslidhja Skaut Albania - History
Scouting was founded in Albania in 1920 and was a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1922 to 1937. In 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Politics Of Albania - Judicial Branch
The court system consists of a Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation, appeals courts, and district courts. The Constitutional Cour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Background And Early Political Career
Ahmed Zogu was born in Castle Burgajet, Albania, as the third son to Xhemal Pasha Zogu and his wife, Sadijé Toptani as Ahmet Muhtar . At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - The Ottoman Conquest Of Albania
The Ottoman Turks expanded their empire from Anatolia to the Balkans in the 14th century. They crossed the Bosporus in 1352, and in 1389 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Creation Of The Caucasian Albanian Kingdom And Its Regions
The kingdom of Caucasian Albania (Aghbania, Aghvania) was founded in the late 4th - early 3rd century BC. The word Aqva or Aqvanu in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of Albania - Postcommunist Films
During the 1990s, the change of the communist form of government to a more democratic one led to a big change in the Albanian cinema. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elections In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Elections In Albania - Previous Elections
The Parliament that emerged from elections on June 29, 1997, was led by the Socialist Party (PS), which took 101 of the 155 seats. The De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albanian-yugoslav Tensions
Until Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948, Albania acted like a Yugoslav satellite and Tito aimed to use his choke hold on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War Ii And The Rise Of Communism 1941-44
Main article: Military history of Albania during World War II Between 1941 and 1944, communist partisans fought Italian and German occupa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages
The fall of the Roman Empire and the age of great migrations brought radical changes to the Balkan Peninsula and the Illyrian people. Bar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Albania - Relations With Neighboring Countries
The Government of Albania is very concerned with developments in the ethnic Albanian province of Kosovo in neighboring Serbia, particular...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Consolidation Of Power And Initial Reforms
A collection of communists moved quickly after World War II to subdue all potential political enemies in Albania, break the country's lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Deteriorating Relations With The West
Albania's relations with the West soured after the communist regime's refusal to allow free elections in December 1945. Albania restricte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - The Break With China And Self-reliance
Albanian-Chinese relations had stagnated by 1970, and when the Asian superpower began to reemerge from isolation in the early 1970s, Mao ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Albanians Under Ottoman Rule
The Ottoman sultan considered himself God's agent on earth, the leader of a religious--not a national--state whose purpose was to defend ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - The Cultural And Ideological Revolution
In the mid-1960s, Albania's leaders grew wary of a threat to their power by a burgeoning bureaucracy. Party discipline had eroded. People...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Albania - Education Under Communist Rule
Upon taking power in late 1944, the communist regime gave high priority to reopening the schools and organizing the whole education syste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Transition To Democracy
After Hoxha's death, Alia took his place. He tried to follow his footsteps, but the changes had already started and the fall of communism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Albania - Foreign Aid
Through FY 1998, the United States committed approximately $300 million to Albania's economic and political transformation and to address...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In Albania - The Parties
List of political parties in Albania - Parties represented in the parliament with leaders. Christian Democratic Party of Albania (Part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania At The 2004 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania At The 2004 Summer Olympics - Results By Event
Albania at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Athletics. Women's 400 meters Hurdles: Klodiana Shala — Round 1, 1:00.00 (did not advance) Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - The Rise Of Albanian Nationalism
The 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War dealt a decisive blow to Ottoman power in the Balkan Peninsula, leaving the empire with only a precarious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Albania's Re-emergence After World War I
Albania's political confusion continued in the wake of World War I. The country lacked a single recognized government, and Albanians fear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - World War I And Its Effects On Albania
Political chaos engulfed Albania after the outbreak of World War I. Surrounded by insurgents in Durrës, Prince Wilhelm departed the coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skanderbeg: Encyclopedia Ii - Skanderbeg - Fighting For The Freedom Of Albania
In 1443, Skanderbeg saw his opportunity to rebel during the battle against the Hungarians led by John Hunyadi in Nis. He switched sides a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Government And Politics
Albania's first political parties emerged only after World War I. Even more than in other parts of the Balkans, political parties were ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Economy Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Economy Of Albania - Statistics
GDP Purchasing power parity - $16.13 billion (2003 est.) Real growth rate: 7% (2003 est.) Per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,500 (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - The Balkan Wars And Creation Of Independent Albania
The Albanians once more rose against the Ottoman Empire in May 1912 and took the Macedonian capitol, Skopje, by August. Stunned, the Youn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Social And Economic Conditions
Extraordinarily undeveloped, the Albania that emerged after World War I was home to something less than a million people divided into thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian Penetration
In return for aiding Zogu's invasion, Belgrade expected repayment in the form of territory and influence in Tiranë. It is certain that Z...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Local Albanian Leaders In The Early Nineteenth Century
The weakening of Ottoman central authority and the timar system brought anarchy to the Albanian-populated lands. In the late 18th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Zog's Kingdom
In 1928 Zogu secured the parliament's consent to its own dissolution. A new constituent assembly amended the constitution, making Albania...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania 1919-1939: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania 1919-1939 - Italian Occupation
As Germany annexed Austria and moved against Czechoslovakia, Italy saw itself becoming a second-rate member of the Axis. The imminent bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii - The Communist Takeover Of Albania
Military history of Albania during World War II - Provisional Communist administration. The communist partisans regrouped and, thanks t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vlorë: Encyclopedia Ii - Vlorë - History
Vlorë is one of the oldest cities of Albania. It was founded in the 6th century BC as a Greek colony named Aulōn, one of three such col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tirana: Encyclopedia Ii - Tirana - History
Tirana, the capital of Albania, is an ancient city with an early history enriched by the interplay of cultural forces originating in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enver Hoxha: Encyclopedia Ii - Enver Hoxha - Biography
Hoxha was born in Gjirokastër, a city in southern Albania. He was the son of a Muslim cloth merchant who travelled widely across Europe ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Albania During World War Ii - The Communist And Nationalist Resistance
Military history of Albania during World War II - The beginning of the Communist movement. Faced with an illiterate, agrarian, and most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Azerbaijan - Albania And Media
Throughout much of its pre-Islamic history, Azerbaijan's northern portion was what became known as the state of Caucasian Albania, and it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Azerbaijan - Independent Albania Roman-parthian Rivalry And Sassinian Conquest
This Albanian kingdom coalesced around a native Caucasian identity and a Zoroastrian religious background to forge a unique state in a re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Italy As A Monarchy And In The World Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Italy As A Monarchy And In The World Wars - Italian Occupation Of Albania March 1939
As Germany annexed Austria and moved against Czechoslovakia, Italy saw itself becoming a second-rate member of the Axis. The imminent bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Italy As A Monarchy And In The World Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Italy As A Monarchy And In The World Wars - Italian Occupation Of Albania April 1939
As Germany annexed Austria and moved against Czechoslovakia, Italy saw itself becoming a second-rate member of the Axis. The imminent bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Economy
Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Economy
Main article: Economy of Albania Albania is one of Europe's most impoverished countries, with half of the economically-active population ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Politics
Main article: Politics of Albania The head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Geography
Main article: Geography of Albania Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, the highest mountain, Korab in the district ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Politics
Main article: Politics of Albania The head of state is the president, who is elected by the Kuvendi, or the Assembly of the Republic of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Albania Most of the population is ethnically Albanian (95% according to the CIA World Factbook Feb 2005), t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Albania - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Albania Most of the population is ethnically Albanian (95% according to the CIA World Factbook Feb 2005), t...   » Read the article