. . "Tepelen\u00EB (definite Albanian form: Tepelena) is a town and a municipality in Gjirokast\u00EBr County, southern Albania. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Kurvelesh, Lop\u00EBs, Qend\u00EBr Tepelen\u00EB and Tepelen\u00EB, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the town Tepelen\u00EB. The total population is 8,949 (2011 census), in a total area of 431.24 km2. The population of the former municipality at the 2011 census was 4,342."@en .