Southern Albania Explained

Official Name:	Southern Albania
Native Name:	Shqipëria jugore
Settlement Type:	Region
Subdivision Type:	Country
Area Total Km2:	12,989
Population Total:	920,448
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank Name Sec1:	NUTS code
Blank Info Sec1:	AL03
Blank Name Sec2:	HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec2:	0.787^[1] · 2nd of 3

Southern Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria jugore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.^[2]

It consists of five counties: Berat, Fier, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Vlorë.^[3]

The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum, and natural gas. Natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë.^[4]

Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja, Toskëria, Labëria, and Chamëria.^[5] In a broader context, Toskëria is sometimes used to describe the whole cultural and linguistic area of southern Albanians (also broadly referred to as Tosks), in duality with Gegëria, which on the other hand is used for that of northern Albanians (also broadly referred to as Ghegs).^{[6] [7]}

Southern Albania is often called Northern Epirus by modern Greeks.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

See also

• Northern Albania (Ghegeria or Gegeria)
• Central Albania
• Southern Albanian Highlands

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 2018-09-13.
2. Web site: NUTS of Albania. INSTAT. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035535/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/204367/gdp_by_statistical_regions_level_2__3_year__2011.pdf. 2015-09-24.
3. Web site: Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT) . A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population . 21 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191114101641/https://www.instat.gov.al/media/2919/a_new_urban-rural_classification_of_albanian_population.pdf . 14 November 2019 . 15 . May 2014.
4. Web site: Economy of Albania.
5. Book: Ahmedaja, Ardian. Ardian Ahmedaja, Gerlinde Haid. European Voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. I. Changes within Tradition: Parts and their Number in Multipart Songs among Albanians. Schriften zur Volksmusik. 2748-1476. Böhlau Verlag Wien. 2008. https://books.google.com/books?id=Iga91qAoeDYC&pg=PA209. 210. 9783205780908 .
6. Book: Jaroslav Krej cí. Vitězslav Velímský. Ethnic And Political Nations In Europe. 1981. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-85664-988-2. 205. ...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria).
7. Book: Shehi, Monika. When East Meets West: Examining Classroom Discourse at the Albanian Socio-political Intersection. 2007. 978-0-549-12813-7. 43. There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks.
8. Book: Ramet . Sabrina P. . Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia . 1998 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-2070-8 . 114 . en . southern Albania, a region that many Greeks call Northern Epirus,.
9. Book: Jelavich . Charles . Jelavich . Barbara . Studies . University of California Center for Slavic and East European . The Balkans in Transition . University of California Press . 44 . en . southern Albania, which the Greek call northern Epirus.
10. Book: Thomopoulos . Elaine . Modern Greece . 5 November 2021 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 979-8-216-11856-5 . 1934 . en . Greeks call “Northern Epirus” (which is known to the Albanians as southern Albania).
11. Book: Winnifrith . Tom . Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania . 2002 . Duckworth . 978-0-7156-3201-7 . 76 . en . Southern Albania... This area is called Northern Epirus by the Greeks.