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Albanians in Montenegro

Albanians of Montenegro
Total population

30,439 Albanians
4.91% of Montenegro population (2011)

32,671 Native Albanian speakers
5.27% of Montenegro population (2011)
Regions with significant populations
 Montenegro
Ulcinj Municipality 14,076
Podgorica Municipality 9,538
Bar Municipality 2,515
Gusinje Municipality 1,642
Rožaje Municipality 1,158
Plav Municipality 833
Other municipalities 677
Languages
Albanian (Gheg dialect), Montenegrin
Religion
Sunni Islam, Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Albanians, Arbëreshë, Arbanasi

30,439 Albanians
4.91% of Montenegro population (2011)

Albanians in Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Albanci u Crnoj Gori, Albanian: Shqiptarët e Malit të Zi) constitute 4.91% of the county's total population. Albanians of Montenegro are Ghegs who mainly live in southeastern and eastern Montenegro, mainly in the following municipalities: Ulcinj (71% of population), Plav (19%), Bar (6%), Podgorica (5%) and Rožaje (5%).

The largest city of Albanians in Montenegro is Ulcinj, where the headquarters of Albanian National Council are located.

Albanians in Montenegro are autochthonous population. After the territorial expansion of Montenegro towards the Albanian-inhabited territories in 1878, Albanians for the first time became citizens of that country. Albanians that obtained Montenegrin citizenship were Muslims and Catholics, and lived in the cities of Bar and Ulcinj, including their surroundings, in the bank of river Bojana and shore of Lake Skadar, as well as in Zatrijebač.

After the Balkan wars, new territories inhabited by Albanians became part of Montenegro. Montenegro then gained a part of Malesija, respectively Hoti and Gruda, with Tuzi as center, Ana e Malit, Plav, Gusinje, Skadarska Krajina, Rugovo, Peć and Gjakova. In the regions of Plav, Gusinje and Peć Montenegrin local authorities committed, in the first months of 1913, major crimes against Muslim Albanian population.


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