Northern Albania
Northern Albania Shqipëria Veriore | |
|---|---|
Region | |
 | |
| Country |  Albania |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,829 km2 (4,181 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 837,453 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| NUTS code | AL01 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.771[2] high · 3rd of 3 |
Northern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.[3] 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.[4]
It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.[5] Their combined population is 991,093 as of the 2023 census.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1,041,447 | — |
| 2001 | 962,081 | −7.6% |
| 2011 | 831,498 | −13.6% |
| 2023 | 649,902 | −21.8% |
| Source: [6] | ||
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.[7]
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]
See also
- Southern Albania (Toskeria)
- Central Albania
References
- ^ a b "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023" (PDF). INSTAT.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.
- ^ "Economy of Albania".