Karbunarë should not be confused with Karbunarë, Vlorë.
| Type: | mu |
| Official Name: | Karbunarë |
| County: | Fier |
| Municipality: | Lushnjë |
| Coordinates: | 40.9167°N 62°W |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Unit: | 2692 |
Karbunarë (Albanian: 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:
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.