Southern Albania
Shqipëria jugore | |
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Region | |
Country | Albania |
Area | |
• Total | 12,989 km2 (5,015 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 920,448 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
NUTS code | AL03 |
HDI (2017) | 0.787
[1] high · 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]
...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria)
There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks
southern Albania , a region that many Greeks call Northern Epirus ,
southern Albania, which the Greek call northern Epirus
Greeks call "Northern Epirus" (which is known to the Albanians as southern Albania)
Southern Albania... This area is called Northern Epirus by the Greeks
Southern Albania
Shqipëria jugore | |
---|---|
Region | |
Country | Albania |
Area | |
• Total | 12,989 km2 (5,015 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 920,448 |
• Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
NUTS code | AL03 |
HDI (2017) | 0.787
[1] high · 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]
...the Ghegs in the north (Ghegeria) and the Tosks in the south (Toskeria)
There were and there remain distinct cultural and linguistic differences between Albanian Ghegs and Tosks
southern Albania , a region that many Greeks call Northern Epirus ,
southern Albania, which the Greek call northern Epirus
Greeks call "Northern Epirus" (which is known to the Albanians as southern Albania)
Southern Albania... This area is called Northern Epirus by the Greeks