41 Facts About Tirana

Tirana was founded as a city in 1614 by the Ottoman Albanian general Sylejman Pasha Bargjini and flourished by then around the Old Mosque and the turbe.

Later, Tirana became a sub-prefecture of the newly created Vilayet of Shkoder and the Sanjak of Durres.

The centre of Tirana was the project of Florestano Di Fausto and Armando Brasini, well-known architects of the Mussolini period in Italy.

Tirana was the venue for the signing of the Pact of Tirana between Fascist Italy and Albania.

In 1939, Tirana was captured by Fascist forces, who appointed a puppet government.

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Tirana's paid respects to her mother and sister resting at a local cemetery.

In 1999, following the Kosovo War, Tirana Airport became a NATO airbase, serving its mission in the former Yugoslavia.

In January 2011, the Albanian opposition demonstrations were triggered in front of the governmental buildings in Tirana protesting against political corruption and state capture, particularly associated with the former prime minister Sali Berisha's government.

In September 2014, Pope Francis made an official state visit to Tirana simultaneously becoming the second pontiff to visit Albania, after Pope John Paul II in 1992.

Since then, Tirana is undergoing significant changes in infrastructure, law enforcement and new projects, as well as continuing the ones started by Veliaj's predecessor.

Tirana extends at the Plain of Tirana in the centre of Albania between the mount of Dajti in the east, the hills of Kerrabe, Sauk and Vaqarr in the south, and a valley to the north overlooking the Adriatic Sea.

Tirana is home to several artificial lakes, including Tirana, Farka, Tufina, and Kashar.

Tirana has a humid subtropical climate according to the Koppen climate classification and receives enough precipitation during summer to avoid the Mediterranean climate classification.

In September 2015, Tirana organized its first vehicle-free day, joining forces with numerous cities across the globe to fight against the existing problem of urban air pollution.

Tirana is the capital city of the Republic of Albania thus playing an essential role in shaping the political and economic life of the country.

Tirana is the home to the national Constitutional Court and Supreme Court.

Tirana is a founding member of the Union of Albanian Municipalities in the Region.

Tirana is twinned with Ankara, Beijing, Bursa, Doha, Florence, Kharkiv, Sarajevo and has signed partnership agreements with Verona and Zagreb.

Tirana is the heart of the economy of Albania and the most industrialised and economically fastest growing region in Albania.

Tirana has been officially dubbed as 'The Place Beyond Belief' by local authorities.

Tirana is served by Nene Tereza International Airport, which is simultaneously the premier air gateway to the country.

Tirana is further connected, through the Milot interchange in the northwest, with Kosovo following as part of the Autostrada 1 .

In 2012, Tirana municipality published a report according to which a project on the construction of two tram lines was under evaluation.

The public transport in Tirana is, for now, focused only in the city centre, so that the people living in the suburbs have fewer or no public transport connections.

The public transport system in Tirana is ten bus lines served by 250 to 260 buses every day.

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Tirana has the highest concentration of institutions of tertiary education in Albania, consisting of numerous academies, colleges and universities.

The Polytechnic University of Tirana is another distinguished institution and the most renowned engineering and technical university in the country.

The four other public institutions in Tirana are the University of Arts, University of Agriculture, University of Medicine and University of Sports.

Educational system of Tirana has expanded substantially over the past years with the renovations of existing school facilities and the construction of new schools.

The encompassing metropolitan area, consisting of the regions of Durres and Tirana, has a combined population of approximately 1 million amounting to nearly one third of the country's total population.

Tirana's population is composed by a mixture of different cultural and ethnic groups from Southern Europe.

Tirana is religiously diverse and has many places of worship catering to its religious population whom are adherents of Islam, Christianity and Judaism but of Atheism and Agnosticism.

Tirana offers a blend of traditional and modern lifestyle with a variety of arts, food, entertainment, music and night life.

Tirana is home to a mixture of architectural styles reflecting the influential periods in its history.

Tirana is a densely-built area and still offers several public parks throughout its districts, graced with green gardens.

Bunk'art Museum consists of two underground bunkers in Tirana built under the orders and direction of Enver Hoxha during the communist regime in the country.

The Tirana region is known for the Fergesa traditional dish made with either peppers or liver, and is found at a number of traditional restaurants in the city and agri-tourism sites on the outskirts of Tirana.

Tirana is the home to most of the national and international television stations, including the national broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar, along with all its television and radio networks.

Tirana is a principal location for the largest Albanian newspapers, magazines and publications.

The newspapers with the largest circulations in Albania are published in Tirana, including Gazeta Shqip, Gazeta Tema, Koha Jone and Panorama.

Tirana has a well-established English-language newspaper, notably the daily of Tirana Times.