The District of Mirditë (Albanian: Rrethi i Mirditës) is one of the thirty-six districts of
The Republic of Mirdita (Mirditë) was proclaimed in northern Albania during the transition period to independence in 1921. Yugoslavia pursued around 1920 a predatory policy toward Albania, and after Albanian tribesmen clashed with Serb forces occupying the northern part of the country, Yugoslav troops escalated their campaign in the area. Belgrade then backed a disgruntled Geg clan chief, Gjon Markagjoni, who led his Roman Catholic Mirditë tribesmen in a rebellion against the regency and parliament. Markagjoni proclaimed the founding of an independent "Republic of Mirdita" based in Prizren, which had fallen into Serbian hands during the First Balkan War. At the of 1921 the republic was extinguished by Albania.
