Regions of Albania explained

The regions of Albaniaapart from the official present and historical administrative divisionsinclude the following:

Divisions

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
  • Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast
  • Albanian Ionian Sea Coast
    • Albanian Riviera
• 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:

• The region of the south east.
• Other regions in the northeast.
• Western region of Albania
• Western Lowlands of Albania

The main article 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:

• Central Albania
  • Elbasan County
  • Tirana County
• Northern Albania
  • Dibër County
  • Durrës County
  • Kukës County
  • Lezhë County
  • Shkodër County
• Southern Albania
  • Berat County
  • Fier County
  • Gjirokastër County
  • Korçë County
  • Vlorë County

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

See also

• Greater Albania