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Albania is country with a rugged landscape (Shqiptar, country of eagles), with plains corresponding to only 1/12 of the whole national surface, mostly located along the coastline. The coastline has a total length of about 380 km, of which 284 km are along the Adriatic Sea, while the rest is facing the Ionian Sea. The last population census (1990) indicates that the workforce is 44% of the population (3 256 000 inhabitants), mainly employed by the state (63%) with the rest of the workers organised in cooperatives or working in agriculture. Agriculture was traditionally one of the main economical activities, able to satisfy 93% of the national demand; it has been declining from the late 1980s onwards, due to migration of farmers towards the main towns, abandoning traditional agricultural practices.
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Ciavola, P., Tessari, U., Mantovani, F., Marzotto, M., Simeoni, U. (2000). Coastal Zone Geomorphological Mapping Using Landsat TM Imagery: An Application in Central Albania. In: Buchroithner, M.F. (eds) Remote Sensing for Environmental Data in Albania: A Strategy for Integrated Management. NATO Science Series, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4357-8_13
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