Kelmend Region
Kelmend, or Kelmendi mountains (Albanian: Malet e Kelmendit, Serbian: Клименти, Klimenti) is a region and clan in the mountainous borderlands of Albania and Montenegro, of the wider Malësia-region. Part of the region lies within the Kelmend municipality, and is composed of a Roman Catholic majority and Muslim minority. The Kelmendi speak a subdialect of Gheg Albanian as the other northern Albanian clans.
Families hailing from Kelmend can also be found in Plav, Montenegro and Rugova, Kosovo where they are Muslim. The name is derived from Saint Clement, the patron saint of the region.
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