• Map of Gorani settlements and Gora region (green) and adjacent area in the Polog region (yellow) that is culturally and linguistically associated with the core region.

Gorani inhabited settlements in Albania and Kosovo are synonymous with the geographical outline of Gora as a region. (see: Bardhoshi, Nebi (2016) "Small Numbers, Big issues: The Border areas as Social Arena of Legal Systems" in Exchange, Dialogue, New Divisions?: Ethnic Groups and Political Cultures in Eastern Europe, LIT Verlag, p. 83. ISBN: 9783643802095. )

• Albania:

Steinke, Klaus (2010) Die slavischen Minderheiten in Albanien (SMA). 3. Gora, Mnichov: Verlag Otto Sagner, p. 11. ISBN: 978-3-86688-112-9.

Schmidinger, Thomas (2013). Gora: Slawischsprachige Muslime zwischen Kosovo, Albanien, Mazedonien und Diaspora. Wiener Verlag. pp. 98-99. ISBN 9783944690049

• Kosovo:

Schmidinger, Thomas (2013). Gora: Slawischsprachige Muslime zwischen Kosovo, Albanien, Mazedonien und Diaspora. Wiener Verlag. p. 65. ISBN 9783944690049

Schmidinger, Thomas (2018) "Forced return to empty villages: A case study of the Gorani in Kosovo" in Remigration to Post-Socialist Europe. Hopes and Realities of Return, Lit Verlag, p. 265. ISBN: 9783643910257.

• North Macedonia (2 villages in the Polog region):

Koleva, Krasimira (2012) "Balkanisms today: The dialect of Župa (Kosovo)" in Balkanismen heute – Balkanisms today – Балканизмы сегодня, LIT Verlag, p. 351. ISBN: 9783643503886.

Rexhepi, Besnik; Mustafa, Behxhet; Hajdari, Avni; Rushidi-Rexhepi, Jehona; Quave, Cassandra L.; Pieroni, Andrea (2014). "Cross-cultural ethnobotany of the Sharr Mountains (northwestern Macedonia)". In Pieroni, Andrea; Quave, Cassandra L. (eds.). Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans. Springer. p. 70. ISBN 9781493914920

The boundaries of the region and its settlements shown in the map are based on the cadastral record. The following government based sources were used for the composition of the map.

• Albania: Kukës County (map of Shishtavec unit [1]; map of Zapod unit [2])
• Kosovo: Dragash Municipality covered in cadastral map [3]
• North Macedonia: Bogovinje Municipality covered in cadastral map [4]