Karbunarë


Karbunarë is a former municipality in the Fier County, western Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Lushnjë. The population at the 2023 census was 2,692.
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 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.