| Northern Albania | |
| Native Name: | Albanian: Shqipëria Veriore |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 7 |
| Mapsize: | 125px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Albania |
| Area Total Km2: | 10,829 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 649,902 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | AL01 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2017) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.787[2] · 3rd of 3 |
Northern Albania (sq|Shqipëria Veriore) is one of the three NUTS-2 regions of Albania, along with Central Albania and Southern Albania (Albanian: Toskeria). It consists of the counties of Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.
Historically and in ethnography, Northern Albania has been called Ghegeria (also spelled Gegeria; sq|Gegëria, aln|Gegnia), a name derived from a subgroup of Albanians known as the Ghegs.
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode classification used by the European Union to divide up member states for statistical purposes. Albania has level 1, 2, and 3 divisions; Northern Albania is a second-level, or NUTS-2, region. Central Albania and Southern Albania are the other NUTS-2 regions of Albania.[3] The NUTS-2 region of Northern Albania includes five counties: Dibër, Durrës, Kukës, Lezhë and Shkodër.[4]
In ethnographical and historical contexts, Northern Albania is also known as Ghegeria (Albanian: Gegëria) and includes parts of the Albanian-inhabited territories of Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.[5] [6] The name Ghegeria is derived from the Ghegs, a dialectical subgroup of Albanians who predominantly live in the mountainous areas north of the Shkumbin River.[6]
Northeastern Albania has substantial deposits of minerals, including chromium, copper, and iron-nickel. Albania was a leading producer of chromium during the 1980s, but production steeply declined in the early 1990s as a consequence of the end of communism in the country.[7]
The five counties of Northern Albania had a combined population of 649,902 as of the 2023 census.
