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t. e. The Albanian tribes ( Albanian: fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization ( farefisní) in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties and shared social ties. The fis ( Albanian definite form: fisi; commonly translated as "tribe", also as "clan" or "kin ...
Hoti and Gruda on the far left side. Hoti is a historical Albanian tribe ( fis) and sub-region of Malësia, a divided area located in northern Albania and southern Montenegro. Its geography is mostly mountainous, but some of its villages are on flat terrain near the banks of Lake of Shkodër. Hoti Georgina Vasilica was mentioned for the first ...
View of mountains in the region. Malësia e Madhe ("Great Highlands"), known simply as Malësia (Albanian: Malësia, Montenegrin: Malesija / Малесија), is a historical and ethnographic region in northern Albania and eastern central Montenegro corresponding to the highlands of the geographical subdivision of the Malësi e Madhe District in Albania and Tuzi Municipality in Montenegro.
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Malësi e Madhe District. / 42.350°N 19.583°E / 42.350; 19.583. Malësi e Madhe District ( Albanian: Rrethi i Malësisë së Madhe ), commonly known as Malësia, was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 36,770 in 2001, and an area of 897 ...
Bogë ( Albanian definite form: Boga) is a village in northern Albania. It was in the former Shkrel municipality, but following local government reform in 2015, it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. [1] Bogë was a historical bajrak of Kelmendi tribe in the north headwaters of Prroni i thate, bounded to the north by lands that ...
Krasniqi is a historical Albanian tribe and region in the Accursed Mountains in northeastern Albania, bordering Kosovo. [1] The region lies within the Tropoje District and is part of a wider area between Albania and Kosovo that is historically known as Gjakova highlands (Highlands of Gjakova ). Krasniqi stretches from the Valbona river in the ...