Tirana

Tirana (Albanie: Tiranë, Tirana or Tirona) is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Albanie. Modren Tirana wis foondit as an Ottoman toun in 1614 bi Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler frae Mullet, although the aurie haes been continuously inhabitit syne antiquity. Tirana became Albanie's caipital ceety in 1920 an nou it haes a population o mair nor 600,000. The ceety is hame tae mony universities an is the centre o the politeecal, economical, an cultural life o the kintra.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — Sister ceeties 
Tirana is twinned wi:

  — Ankara, Turkey
  — Athens, Greece
  — Barcelona, Spain
  — Beijing Cheenae (since 2005) 
  — Brussels, Belgium
  — Bucharest, Romanie
  — Bursa, Turkey  — Cobourg, Canadae
  — Florence, Italy
  — Genoa, Italy
  — Grand Rapids, USA
  — Kiev, Ukraine
  — Madrid, Spain
  — Marseille, Fraunce  — Moscow, Roushie
  — Paris, FraunceInternational Relations . Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
  — Prague, Czech Republic
  — Pristina, Kosovo
  — Roum, Italy
  — Seoul, Sooth Korea
  — Sofia, Bulgarie  — Stockholm, Swaden
  — Turin, Italy
  — Vilnius, Lithuanie
  — Zagreb, Croatie
  — Zaragoza, Spain
  — Podgorica, Montenegro
  — Ulcinj, Montenegro

 References 


Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:Populatit places established in 1614
Category:Populatit places in Tirana Coonty
Category:Gegëri