Northern Albania () 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.
Historically and in ethnography, Northern Albania has been called Ghegeria (also spelled Gegeria; , ), a name derived from a subgroup of Albanians known as the Ghegs.
Definitions
The 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.
The NUTS-2 region of Northern Albania includes five counties: Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.
In Ethnography 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.
Economy
Northeastern 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.
Demographics
The five counties of Northern Albania had a combined population of 649,902 as of the 2023 census.
See also
