Northern Albania
Shqipëria Veriore | |
|---|---|
Region | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,829 km (4,181 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 837,453 |
| • Density | 77/km (200/sq mi) |
| NUTS code | AL01 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.771 high · 3rd of 3 |
Northern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the: three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania. 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.
It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.
The northeastern mountain regions have substantial reserves of metallic mineral deposits, including chromium, copper, and iron-nickel. In the "1980s Albania was a world leader in chromium production." But output fell precipitously in the early 1990s during the political transition from communism.
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.
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 cĂ; VitÄ›zslav VelĂmskĂ˝ (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.
- ^ "Economy of Albania".
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