Northern Albania
Northern Albania
Shqipëria Veriore | |
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Region | |
Country | ![]() |
Area | |
• Total | 10,829 km2 (4,181 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 837,453 |
• Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
NUTS code | AL01 |
HDI (2017) | 0.771[1] high · 3rd of 3 |
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Northern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.[2] This ethnographical territory is sometimes referred to as Ghegeria (Albanian: Gegëria) which also includes parts of the Albanian-inhabited territories of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.[3]
It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.[4] The term usually denotes to the northern half of the country inhabited by the Ghegs, who predominantly live in the mountainous north of the Shkumbin river.[5] However the area inhabited by Gheg Albanians is not always identical to the area often referred to as Northern Albania, as the Gheg inhabited regions of Durrës, Tirana, Elbasan, Kavajë, Bulqizë, and occasionally Krujë, Mat, and Dibër, are often excluded from Northern Albania and instead included in Central Albania.[citation needed]
See also[]
- Southern Albania (Toskeria)
- Central Albania
References[]
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "NUTS of Albania" (PDF). INSTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ Jaroslav Krej cí; Vitězslav Velímský (1981). Ethnic And Political Nations In Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-85664-988-2. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria)
- ^ "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population" (PDF). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). May 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ Monika Shehi (2007). When East Meets West: Examining Classroom Discourse at the Albanian Socio-political Intersection. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-549-12813-7. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks
- Subdivisions of Albania
- NUTS 2 statistical regions of Albania
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