Pandi Geço

Pandi Geço (1913–1994) was an Albanian geographer. He was best known for his unique regionalization of Albania into four physical-geographic regions, a regionalization proposed for the first time by him and still used today. He was also the author of the first Albanian academic textbooks of geography.

Early life and higher education Pandi Geço was born in Korçë, Albania in 1913, the only son of Niko Geço and Katerina Ballauri. He received his primary education in his hometown, Korçë, where he continued his secondary and tertiary education in French language at the Albanian National Lyceum. From 1956–1959 he was a member of the Department of Geodesy in the Faculty of Civic Engineering.

Between the years 1959–1965 Geço was chief of the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Tirana and gave lectures until 1974, the year he retired from teaching. This regionalization system is still used today. He was also involved in cultural exchanges with French scientific teams in Albania due to his high academic profile and proficiency in French. Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë , 1963 Mendime për rajonizimin gjeografik të Shqipërisë , 1964 In "Studime Historike": Tendenca e zhvillimit të forcave prodhuese në RPSH, e parë ne planin historiko-gjeografik , 1972 Disa aspekte të evolucionit të qytetit shqiptar gjatë shek. XX , 1975/4 Disa aspekte të evolucionit të popullsisë fshatare të RPSSH , 1977/4 In "Studime Gjeografike": Një vështrim i shkurtër fiziko-gjeografik mbi Ultësirën e Shkodrës , 1985