Facts about Tirana
Tirana is the capital city of the Republic of Albania. It is also the largest Albanian city. Tirana was founded in 1614 by Sulejman Pasha. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920. Tirana is located at (41.33°N, 19.82°E) in the eponymous district and county. Its average altitude is 90 meters (295 ft) above sea level. It lies on the Ishm River, about 20 miles (32 km) inland. As of 2005, Tirana's population was 585,756. In 1703, Tirana had 4,000 inhabitants and by 1820 there were 12,000. The city’s population rose to 30,000 by 1930 and 70,000 in 1945, despite the intervening years of foreign occupation and war. Tirana hosts the University of Tirana, founded in 1957. During the 1950s, Tirana experienced rapid industrial growth, and the population rose to 837,000 by 1960. After the end of communist rule in 1991, Tirana experienced its fastest population growth when people from rural areas moved to the capital to find a better life. In 1990, Tirana had 300,000 inhabitants, but the large-scale influx since then from other parts of the country has increased the population to well over 500,000. There is another theory for the origin of name that is "tri ane". It means the three ways because the most important commercial ways, the ones that come from Shkoder, Berat and Durres, of the time passed through the modern center of Tirana. That's why Sulejman Pasha built a moschea, a popular Turkish bathroom and a kind of hotel "han" for the caravans to rest. The average temperature of Triana varies between 44.0 °F (6.7°C) in January and 87.8°F (31°C) in July. Annual total rainfall in Triana is 47 inches (120 cm). Triana's driest months are July and August, with less than 1cm of precipitation on average, while the wettest months are October, November and December, averaging over 3cm. It has experienced rapid growth and established many new industries since the 1920s. The principal industries of Tirana include agricultural products and machinery, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and metal products. Tirana began to develop in the beginning of the 16th century, when a bazaar was established, and its craftsmen manufactured silk and cotton fabrics, leather, ceramics and iron, silver, and gold artifacts. Located on a fertile plain, the Tirana area exported 2,600 barrels of olive oil and 14,000 packages of tobacco to Venice by 1769. In 1901, Tirana had 140,000 olive trees, 400 oil mills, and 700 shops. |
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