Tropojë (Definite Albanian form: Tropoja) is a municipality in the Tropojë District, Kukës County, northern Albania; near the border with Kosovo. It is home to the non-navigable Valbonë River. Tropojë e Vjetër (Old Tropojë), sitting 240 metres (790 ft) above the sea level, is the name of the town at the foot of Shkëlzen Mountain (2,807 metres (9,209 ft)) from which the region of Tropojë takes its name. The people are identified as tropojans (tro-poi-yanz). Another theory of the name's origin is from "maja e trojanit." Tropojë e Vjetër was principally founded by the clan of Berisha (from which the Prime Minister Sali Berisha descends) and was the center of the commercial trade from the east (Kosovo) to the west (Shkodër) in order to get imported products from the Adriatic Sea. One of the principal trades was salt which was interchanged with the agricultural products. Having this geographical importance, Tropojë e Vjetër was the principal place of the actual region or the former highlands of the famous and old city of Đakovica. Tropojë e Vjetër is also the name of pass which goes through the mountains, where the people from all over this region go during the summer to relax and to have access in the green fields with their animals. Now these highlands are very required by the tourists, especially from Europe and Israel.