Kurvelesh
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Kurvelesh is a municipality in the Tepelenë District
Tepelenë District
The District of Tepelenë is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania, part of Gjirokastër County. It has a population of 23,800 , and an area of 817 km². It is in the south of the country, and its capital is Tepelenë...

, Gjirokastër County
Gjirokastër County
Gjirokastër County is one of the 12 counties of Albania. It consists of the districts Gjirokastër, Përmet, and Tepelenë and its capital is Gjirokastër. Its population includes a substantial Greek minority. To the southeast, Gjirokastër shares a border with Greece...

, southern Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. The municipality consists of the villages Progonat
Progonat
Progonat is a village in Kurvelesh municipality, Tepelenë District, Gjirokastër County. It is the largest village of upper Kurvelesh and until 1992 was the administrative center of the commune.- History :...

, Lekdush, Gusmar, Nivicë and Rexhin.

Ottoman

In the early 20th century a çetë(armed band) consisting of 200 activists of the Albanian National Awakening was formed in Kurvelesh.
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