Northern Albania
Northern Albania is one of the three NUTS-2 regions of Albania, along with Central Albania and Southern Albania. It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.
Historically and in ethnography, Northern Albania has been called Ghegeria, a name derived from a subgroup of Albanians known as the Ghegs.
Definitions
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 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 ethnographical and historical contexts, Northern Albania is also known as Ghegeria and includes parts of the Albanian-inhabited territories of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name Ghegeria is derived from the Ghegs, a dialectical subgroup of Albanians who predominantly live in the mountainous areas north of the Shkumbin River.