Dibër Valley

Since the construction of a reservoir on the Macedonian side, the Debar Lake, the level of the river is regulated.

After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, the European great powers established the borders of the new Balkan states at the London Conference of 1912–13.

The Big Dibër (Albanian: Dibra e Madhe), around the city of Debar, went to the Kingdom of Serbia.

Families were separated and the inhabitants of the Albanian state were no longer able to visit the market in Debar.

The majority of Dibër's inhabitants are Albanians, who speak a Gheg dialect and are traditionally Muslim.