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Karbunarë

Coordinates: 40°55′N 19°43′E / 40.917°N 19.717°E / 40.917; 19.717
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Not to be confused with Karbunarë, Vlorë.
Karbunarë
Municipal unit
Karbunarë is located in Albania
Karbunarë
Karbunarë
Coordinates: 40°55′N 19°43′E / 40.917°N 19.717°E / 40.917; 19.717
Country Albania
CountyFier
MunicipalityLushnjë
Population
 (2023)
 • Municipal unit
2,692
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Karbunarë (Albanian definite form: Karbunara) is a former municipality in the Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lushnjë.[1] The population at the 2023 census was 2,692.[2]

The municipal unit has nine villages under its jurisdiction:

  • Balaj
  • Biçakaj
  • Karbunarë e Sipërme
  • Kasharaj
  • Kashtbardhë
  • Murriz
  • Skilaj
  • Stan-Karbunarë
  • Zgjanë

Although Karbunara is located in the Myzeqe region where many of Albanian Orthodox backgrounds live, it is a center of the heterodox Islamic Halveti Order, which is often mistaken for (but not the same as) the Bektashi Order. The town of Karbunara contains both a Halveti tekke and a Halveti tyrbe. In addition to the numerous residents of Halveti background, there are also some of Orthodox backgrounds as well as non-Halveti Muslim backgrounds, and in modern days there are also many irreligious individuals.

References

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  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6370. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Population and Housing Census, Fier 2023" (PDF). INSTAT. p. 108. Retrieved 9 November 2024.


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