Khirokitia

Khirokitia is an archaeological site on the island of dating from the Neolithic age. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1998.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Choirokoitia Neolithic Settlement”, “Choirokoitia Neolithic Site”, “Hirokitiya”, “Khirokitia Settlement”, “Khirokitiá-Vouni”, and “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Χοιροκοιτίας”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Choirokoitia and Tochni.

Village
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is a village in the of , located 2 km north of , near the UN World Heritage Site of .

Village
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is a village located in the of , about halfway between the cities of and . Prior to 1974, had a mixed Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot population. is situated 2½ km southwest of Khirokitia.

Village
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is a village in the of , located 4 km west of . The Community Council Website includes a history of the village, and local community and business information. is situated 3 km northeast of Khirokitia.

Khirokitia

Latitude
34.79712° or 34° 47′ 50″ north
Longitude
33.34398° or 33° 20′ 38″ east
Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)
Open location code
8G6MQ8WV+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1101925644
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4867
Wiki­data ID
Q385086
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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”
  • Galician: “Khirokitia”
  • Georgian: “ხიროკიტია”
  • German: “Chirokitia”
  • German: “Choirokoitia”
  • German: “Khirokitia”
  • Greek: “Choirokoitía”
  • Greek: “Χοιροκοιτία”
  • Gujarati: “ખીરોકિટીયા”
  • Hebrew: “כירוקיטיה”
  • Hungarian: “Hirokitía”
  • Indonesian: “Khirokitia”
  • Italian: “Choirokoitia”
  • Italian: “Khirokitia”
  • Japanese: “ヒロキティア”
  • Korean: “히로키티아”
  • Latvian: “Hirokitija”
  • Lithuanian: “Chirokitija”
  • Lithuanian: “Choirokoitia Neolithic Settlement”
  • Macedonian: “Хирокитија”
  • Maltese: “Choirokoitia”
  • Maltese: “Khirokitia”
  • Mongolian: “Хирокитиа”
  • Persian: “خیروکیتیا”
  • Polish: “Chirokitia”
  • Portuguese: “Choirokoitia”
  • Romanian: “Choirokoitia”
  • Russian: “Археопарк Хирокития”
  • 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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