Tërbuf

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Tërbuf
Tërbuf is located in Albania
Tërbuf
Tërbuf
Coordinates: 41°2′N 19°37′E / 41.033°N 19.617°E / 41.033; 19.617
Country Albania
CountyFier
MunicipalityDivjakë
Population
 (2011)
 • Municipal unit
10,201
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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[edit]

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

In media[edit]

In The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Terbuf Affair", Terbuf is a fictional Balkan country loosely identified with Albania.[3] 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.[4]

Notable People[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6370. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ 2011 census results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." The Terbuf Affair (TV Episode 1964) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-04-13
  4. ^ Lloshi, Xhevat. "The Albanian Language" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2011.