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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
The region is dominated by three mountain ranges, each running from north-northeast to south-southwest, roughly parallel to the eastern border of Albania. The Korab Mountains are certainly the most striking feature of the physical geography of the region.
Administrative divisions of Occupied Albania in 1943. Under King Zog, Albania reformed its internal administration under the "Municipal Organic Law" of 1921 and the "Civil Code" of February 1928. The primary division was into 10 prefectures, each led by a prefect. The secondary division was into subprefectures, of which there were 39 in 1927 ...
In 1272, he established the Kingdom of Albania and conquered regions back from the Despotate of Epirus. The kingdom claimed all of central Albania territory from Dyrrhachium along the Adriatic Sea coast down to Butrint. A catholic political structure was a basis for the papal plans of spreading Catholicism in the Balkan Peninsula.
Historical regions in Albania (5 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Albanian regions" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Since its Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, Albania has reorganized its domestic administrative divisions 21 times. The primary division until mid-2000 was into districts (Albanian: rrethe), whose number, size, and importance varied over time. [1]
Has (Albanian definite form: Hasi) is a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo.. Hasi is an ethno-geographic area with well-defined borders, surrounded by river Black Drin to its West and south west in Albania and by the White Drin river on its south, east and north east in Kosovo.
Gora (Cyrillic: Гора; Albanian: Gorë) is a geographical region in southern Kosovo and northeastern Albania, primarily inhabited by the Gorani people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Due to geopolitical circumstances, some of the local Gorani people have over time also self declared themselves as Albanians , Macedonians , Bosniaks , Bulgarians , Serbs , Turks ...