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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1006 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TIRANA , a See also:

town of See also:Albania, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Scutari; 20 M. E. by N. of Durazzo, at the See also:southern extremity of the See also:plain of Kroia. Pop. (1905) about 12,000. Tirana is beautifully situated on the border of the richly wooded high-lands inhabited by the Mirdite Albanians. It is a picturesque town with a large See also:bazaar and many mosques, gardens and See also:olive groves. It was founded See also:early in the 17th See also:century and was See also:long the see of a See also:Greek See also:bishop, although the See also:majority of its inhabitants have always been Moslems. Kroia, the See also:ancient stronghold of See also:Scanderbeg (q.v.), is 14 M. See also:north.

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