Tërbaç

Tërbaç
Village
Tërbaç
Coordinates: 40°14′N 19°38′E / 40.233°N 19.633°E / 40.233; 19.633Coordinates: 40°14′N 19°38′E / 40.233°N 19.633°E / 40.233; 19.633
Country  Albania
County Vlorë
Municipality Himarë
Administrative unit Horë-Vranisht
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Tërbaç is a community in the Vlorë County, southwestern Albania.[1] At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Himarë.[2]

World War II

During World War II Tërbaç was part of the battlefield of the battle of Gjorm, where Albanian resistance units defeated and routed the troops of the Kingdom of Italy.[3]

Notable people

Hysni Kapo, military commander and leading member of the Party of Labour of Albania.

Sources

  1. "Location of Tërbaç". Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. Law nr. 115/2014
  3. Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945. I.B.Tauris. p. 230. ISBN 1-84511-104-4.
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