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Larnaca, [b] also spelled Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus and the capital of the district of the same name. With a district population of 144,200 in 2015, it is the third largest city in the country after Nicosia and Limassol .
During Turkish rule, Larnaca was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. Cazas were subdivided into nahiehs, but in the case of Larnaca there was only one, which was coterminous with the caza. The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained.
Skala is a traditionally Turkish Cypriot neighbourhood in the town centre of Larnaca, Cyprus. [1] [2] One map puts the centre of Skala's seashore around 100 meters south of Larnaca Castle, at Lala Moustafa Pasha Street. [3]
This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...
Xylofagou's name roughly translates to "wood eaters". It lies on the northern flank of a hill, [2] on the edge of a group of several similar villages collectively known as the Kokkinochoria (Greek: Κοκκινοχώρια) which translates to "red villages" due to their abundance of nutrient-dense red soil in which vegetables—especially the extremely popular potatoes that are eaten island ...
Meneou (Greek: Μενεού) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 3 km northeast of Kiti. References This page was last ... Mobile view; Search.
Xylotymbou (Greek: Ξυλοτύμπου [locally [ksiloˈtimbu]] or Ξυλοτύμβου) is a small town in Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus.It is one of the four enclaves surrounded by the Eastern Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area.
Kalavasos (Greek: Καλαβασός; Turkish: Kalavason) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi. In its vicinity, there are copper mines . The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.