Northern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the three NUTS-2 regions of Albania, along with Central Albania and Southern Albania (Toskeria). It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.
Northern Albania
Shqipëria Veriore | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 Interactive map of Northern Albania | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,829 km2 (4,181 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 649,902 |
| • Density | 60.015/km2 (155.44/sq mi) |
| NUTS code | AL01 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.787[2] high · 3rd of 3 |
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Historically and in ethnography, Northern Albania has been called Ghegeria (also spelled Gegeria; Albanian: Gegëria, Gheg Albanian: Gegnia), a name derived from a subgroup of Albanians known as the Ghegs.
Definitions
editThe Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode classification used by the European Union to divide up member states for statistical purposes. Albania has level 1, 2, and 3 divisions; Northern Albania is a second-level, or NUTS-2, region. Central Albania and Southern Albania are the other NUTS-2 regions of Albania.[3] The NUTS-2 region of Northern Albania includes five counties: Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.[4]
In ethnographical and historical contexts, Northern Albania is also known as Ghegeria (Gegëria) and includes parts of the Albanian-inhabited territories of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.[5][6] The name Ghegeria is derived from the Ghegs, a dialectical subgroup of Albanians who predominantly live in the mountainous areas north of the Shkumbin River.[6]
Economy
editNortheastern Albania has substantial deposits of minerals, including chromium, copper, and iron-nickel. Albania was a leading producer of chromium during the 1980s, but production steeply declined in the early 1990s as a consequence of the end of communism in the country.[7]
Demographics
editSee also
edit- Central Albania
- Southern Albania (Toskeria)
References
edit- 1 2 "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ↑ "NUTS of Albania" (PDF). INSTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ↑ "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population" (PDF). INSTAT. May 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ↑ 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)
- 1 2 Heraclides, Alexis; Kromidha, Ylli (28 September 2023). Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century: A History. Taylor & Francis. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-1-000-96375-5. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ↑ Biberaj, Elez; Prifti, Peter R. (15 April 2024). "Economy of Albania". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
- ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". INSTAT. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2026.