Northern Albania
Shqipëria Veriore | |
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Region | |
Country | Albania |
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 |
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 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.[5]
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.[citation needed]
...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria)