Khirokitia
Khirokitia is an archaeological site on the island of Cyprus dating from the Neolithic age. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Choirokoitia Neolithic Site”, “Hirokitiya”, “Khirokitia Settlement”, and “Khirokitiá-Vouni”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Choirokoitia and Tochni.
Choirokoitia
Village
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Choirokoitia is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 2 km north of Tochni, near the UN World Heritage Site of Choirokoitia.
Tochni
Village
Photo: Torero, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tochni is a village located in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, about halfway between the cities of Larnaca and Limassol. Prior to 1974, Tochni had a mixed Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot population. Tochni is situated 3 km southwest of Khirokitia.
Skarinou
Village
Photo: An. Antoniou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skarinou is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 4 km west of Kofinou. The Skarinou Community Council Website includes a history of the village, and local community and business information. Skarinou is situated 3 km north of Khirokitia.
Khirokitia
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Choirokoitía, Larnaca district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Khirokitia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شويروكويتا”
- Armenian: “Խիրոկիտիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Xirokitiya”
- Basque: “Khirokitia”
- Belarusian: “Хіракітыя”
- Bulgarian: “Хирокития”
- Catalan: “Khirokitia”
- Cebuano: “Choirokoitía”
- Chinese: “乔伊鲁科蒂亚”
- Croatian: “Hirokitia”
- Czech: “Choirokoitia”
- Dutch: “Choirokoitia”
- Finnish: “Choirokoitía”
- Finnish: “Khirokitia”
- French: “Choirokoitia”
- Georgian: “ხიროკიტია”
- German: “Chirokitia”
- German: “Choirokoitia”
- German: “Khirokitia”
- Greek: “Choirokoitía”
- Greek: “Χοιροκοιτία”
- Gujarati: “ખીરોકિટીયા”
- Hebrew: “כירוקיטיה”
- Hungarian: “Hirokitía”
- Italian: “Choirokoitia”
- Italian: “Khirokitia”
- Japanese: “ヒロキティア”
- Latvian: “Hirokitija”
- Lithuanian: “Chirokitija”
- Macedonian: “Хирокитија”
- Maltese: “Choirokoitia”
- Maltese: “Khirokitia”
- Mongolian: “Хирокитиа”
- Persian: “خیروکیتیا”
- Polish: “Chirokitia”
- Portuguese: “Choirokoitia”
- Romanian: “Choirokoitia”
- Russian: “Хирокития”
- Serbian: “Хирокитија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hirokitia”
- Slovak: “Choirokoitia”
- Slovenian: “Hirokitia”
- Spanish: “Khirokitia”
- Swedish: “Chirokitia”
- Swedish: “Khirokitia”
- Turkish: “Hirokitya”
- Ukrainian: “Хирокитія”
- Ukrainian: “Хірокитія”
- Urdu: “خیروکیتیا”
- Vietnamese: “Choirokoitia”
- Western Frisian: “Choirokoitia”
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