Tërbuf Explained

Type:mu
Official Name:Tërbuf
County:Fier
Municipality:Divjakë
Coordinates:41.0333°N 56°W
Population As Of:2011
Population Unit:10201

Tërbuf is a village and a former municipality in Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Divjakë.[1]

Population

The population at the 2011 census was 10,201.[2]

In media

In The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Terbuf Affair", Terbuf is a fictional Balkan country loosely identified with Albania. The character Illya Kuryakin refers to it as "the land of the eagle". This is the popular translation of Shqiperia, the word for Albania in the Albanian language.[3]

Notable People

References

  1. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6370. 25 February 2022 .
  2. http://www.instat.gov.al/media/195820/5__fier.pdf 2011 census results
  3. Web site: Lloshi . Xhevat . The Albanian Language . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709114947/http://mirror.undp.org/albania/download/pdf/albanian.pdf . 9 July 2011 . United Nations Development Programme.