Libohovë (Albanian definite form: Libohova) is a town and a municipality in southern Albania.

In the early nineteenth century during the rule of Ali Pasha, British diplomat William Martin Leake during his journey from Vlorë to Gjirokastra and later to present-day Greece, in his diary describes his arrival on December 26, 1804, in the region of Derópoli, or Dropull as it was known from the local Albanians.

The castle is a substantial fortress with four polygonal corner towers and a curtain wall surrounding a wide courtyard.

During the interwar period (twentieth century) Libohovë was a well-watered, large and wealthy settlement located among extensive groves containing 500 houses, its inhabitants spoke Albanian and were mostly Muslim.

[8] Libohovë was a centre for the Muslim Sufi Bektashi order with several tekkes located in Dropull.