Regions of Albania

Non-official divisions of Albania

The regions of Albania—apart from the official present and historical administrative divisions—include the following:

Divisions

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Regions of Albania
NUTS-2 regions of Albania

In cultural geography, there are two major ethnographical regions of Albania, divided by the Shkumbin River:

  • Northern Albania or Ghegeria (Gheg Albanians)
  • Southern Albania or Toskeria (Tosk Albanians)

In tourism geography, Albania can be divided into three regions:

  • Coastal Albania – the long narrow strip between about 10 and 30 km wide along the whole Albanian coast, bordering both the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea
  • North-eastern Albania – the inland region to the north of the Shkumbin River, bordering Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia
  • South-eastern Albania – the inland region to the south of the Shkumbin River, bordering Greece and North Macedonia, and including the great border lakes, Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa

Albanian Wikipedia

The Albanian Wikipedia lists the following regions:

  • sq:Rajoni Juglindor The region of the south east.
  • sq:Nenrajoni Verilindor Other regions in the northeast.
  • sq:Rajoni perëndimor i Shqipërisë Western region of Albania
  • sq:/Ultësira_Perëndimore_e_Shqipërisë Western Lowlands of Albania

The main article sq:Gjeografia e Shqipërisë mentions the following logical divisions:

  • Alpet shqiptare (Albanian Alps)
  • Krahina malore qendrorere, (the Hill Country in the centre)
  • Ultesira bregdetare (Coastal Lowlands)

NUTS statistical regions of Albania

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) divides Albania into three statistical regions:

Cities

  1. Elbasan
  2. Tirana (the capital city)
  3. Durrës (also a coastal city)
  4. Kavajë
  5. Shkodër

Coastal Albania

Cities

  1. Kavajë
  2. Fier
  3. Lezhë
  4. Sarandë
  5. Shëngjin
  6. Vlorë

Popular cities

  1. Elbasan
  2. Durrës

North-eastern Albania (Shqipëri Verilindore)

Cities

  1. Bajram Curri
  2. Krujë
  3. Kukës
  4. Peshkopi
  5. Pukë

Mountains

  1. Dajt
  2. Gjallica
  3. Maja Jezercë
  4. Korab
  5. Maja e Malësores
  6. Maja e Moravës

South-eastern Albania

Cities

  1. Berat
  2. Gjirokastër
  3. Korçë
  4. Librazhd
  5. Kuçovë
  6. Përmet
  7. Pogradec
  8. Tepelenë

Mountains

  1. Gramos
  2. Mali i Thatë
  3. Nemerçkë
  4. Ostrovicë
  5. Tomorr

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