Tushemisht is a village in the

Korçë County Korçë County (), officially the County of Korçë (), is a Counties of Albania, county in the Southern Albania, Southern Region of the Republic of Albania. It is the largest by area and the List of counties of Albania by population, fifth most p ...

, in southeastern

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

, located on the shores of

Lake Ohrid Lake Ohrid is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more th ...

. It was part of the former

Buçimas Buçimas is an administrative unit in the municipality of Pogradec, Korçë County, Albania. The village of Buçimas is the seat of the eponymous unit and consist of the adjacent villages of Bahçallëk, Gështënjas, Gurras, Peshkëpi, Remenj, ...

municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality

Pogradec Pogradec (,) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, eleventh most populous city in Albania and the capital of the eponymous municipality. It is located on a List of settlements on the Lake Ohrid coastline, narrow plain between two mountain ch ...

. The village is very close to the

border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...

with

Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. It sits at an elevation of 841m. Before the 2015 government reform the village was included in the

municipality. The village is known for being the primary location of the Albanian romantic comedy film '' Zonja nga qyteti'' (The lady from the city).

Notable people

Gjergj Pekmezi Gjergj Pekmezi (23 April 1872 – 24 February 1938) was an Albanian linguist, philosopher, folklorist and diplomat. In 1916, he became a member of the Literary Commission of Shkodër, which established the first standard form of the Albanian langu ...

- An Albanian linguist

References

Populated places in Pogradec Albania–North Macedonia border crossings {{Korçë-geo-stub