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Dukagjin Highlands [a] (Albanian: Malsia E Dukagjinit) is a mountainous region in northern Albania, east of Shkodra and north of the Drin. [1] It is roughly equivalent to the northern half of the Shkodër District, with some minor parts in Malësi e Madhe District.
Metohija (Serbian Cyrillic: Метохија, pronounced), also known in Albanian as Dukagjin [a] (Albanian: Rrafshi i Dukagjinit, pronounced [ˈrafʃi i dukaˈɟinit]) is a large basin and the name of the region covering the southwestern part of Kosovo. The region covers 35% (3,891 km 2) of Kosovo's total area. According to the 2011 census ...
Shala is a historical tribe and region of northern Albania in the valley of the river Shalë, in the Dukagjin highlands. At the end of the 19th century the tribe was Catholic and had c. 3,000 members and 700 households.
Geography The Highlands of Gjakova are bordered by Kosovo's Plain of Dukagjin to the east, the Fierza Lake to the south, the ethnographic Dukagjin Highlands region to the west and the mountains of Plav and Guci to the north. Much of the region corresponds to the Tropoja Municipality of Albania, with the main municipal centre in Bajram Curri.
Shoshi is a historical Albanian tribe (fis) and region of northern Albania in the lower Shala valley. Shoshi is first recorded as a small settlement in 1485. The fis itself traces its origin to the brothers Gjol and Pep Suma. The community of their descendants gradually grew to control part of the Dukagjin highlands.
Dukagjin or Dukagjini may refer to: Another name for Metohija, a region in Kosovo; Dukagjin Highlands, a mountainous region in northern Albania; Principality of Dukagjini, a principality in Albania in the Middle Ages; Dukagjini family, a noble Albanian family from the Middle Ages; Dukagjin, Kukës, a village in the municipality of Kukës, Albania
Principality of Dukagjini. • 1387–1393, 1387–? The Principality of Dukagjini (Albanian: Principata e Dukagjinit) refers to the domains (zotërimet) of the Albanian Dukagjini family in northern Albania and western part of the modern-day territory of Kosovo in the 14th century and 15th century. At their maximum extent, the domains of the ...
For other uses, see Dukagjin (disambiguation). ... The House of Dukagjini is an Albanian noble family which ruled over an area of Northern Albania and Western Kosovo known as the Principality of Dukagjini in the 14th and 15th centuries.