The regions of Albania—apart from the official present and historical administrative divisions—include the following:
Divisions
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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
- 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
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The Albanian Wikipedia lists the following regions:
- sq:Rajoni Juglindor The region of the south east.
- sq:Nenrajoni Verilindor Other regions in the northeast.
- sq:Rajoni perëndimor i Shqipërisë Western region of Albania
- sq:/Ultësira_Perëndimore_e_Shqipërisë Western Lowlands of Albania
The main article sq:Gjeografia e Shqipërisë 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
editThe Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) divides Albania into three statistical regions: