Type: | mu |
Official Name: | Kurvelesh |
County: | Gjirokastër |
Municipality: | Tepelenë |
Coordinates: | 40.2333°N 73°W |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Unit: | 705 |
Kurvelesh is a former municipality in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Tepelenë.[1] The population at the 2011 census was 705.[2] The municipal unit consists of the villages Progonat, Lekdush, Gusmar, Nivicë and Rexhin.[3]
In the early 20th century a çetë (armed band) consisting of 200 activists of the Albanian National Awakening was formed in Kurvelesh.[4]