Kelmend (region)
Coordinates: 42°28′N 19°41′E / 42.467°N 19.683°E
Kelmendi (Albanian: Kelmendi) is a northern Albanian tribe and region (Kelmendi mountains, Malet e Kelmendit) in the mountainous borderlands of Albania towards Montenegro, of the wider Malësia-region. Part of the region lies within the Kelmend municipality, and is composed of a Roman Catholic majority and a Muslim minority. The Kelmendi speak a subdialect of Gheg Albanian as in the rest of northern Albania.
Families hailing from Kelmendi can also be found in Plav, Skadarska Krajina (Shestani-Kraja) in Montenegro, and Rugova in Kosovo, where they are Muslim. The name is derived from Saint Clement, the patron saint of the region.
The Kelmendi region is located in the District of Malësi e Madhe in northern Albania, situated in the northernmost and most isolated part of the country. It borders the Albanian tribal regions of Gruda to the west, Hoti to the southwest, Boga to the south, Shala to the east, and the Montenegrin tribal regions of Kuči and Vasojevići to the north.
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