Gerolakkos
Gerolakkos is a village near Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. It is immediately north of the Green Line. Nicosia International Airport is located about 2 km to its south-east. De facto, Gerolakkos is under the control of Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Nicosia District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Eskikuyu”, “Yerolakko”, and “Yerolakkos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakatameia Airfield.
Lakatameia Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nicosia International Airport is a largely disused airport located 8.2 km west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia in the Lakatamia suburb. It was originally the main airport for the island, but nearly all commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. Lakatameia Airfield is situated 4 km southeast of Gerolakkos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mammari and Kanlıköy.
Mammari
Village
Mammari is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus north of Kokkinotrimithia and partly within the UN Buffer Zone. Mammari is situated 4½ km west of Gerolakkos.
Kanlıköy
Village
Kanlıköy is a village in Cyprus, 5 km west of Gönyeli. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Kanlıköy is situated 4½ km north of Gerolakkos.
Kokkinotrimithia
Village
Kokkinotrimithia is a village located west of Nicosia, Cyprus, close to the Green Line. It has an exit along the A9 motorway. In 2011, it had 4,077 inhabitants. Kokkinotrimithia is situated 6 km southwest of Gerolakkos.
Gerolakkos
- Categories: geographic location, community of Cyprus Republic, and locality
- Location: Gerólakkos, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.18066° or 35° 10′ 50″ northLongitude
33.25331° or 33° 15′ 12″ eastElevation
166 metres (545 feet)Open location code
8G7M57J3+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 1276258948OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Gerolakkos” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gerólakkos”
- Chinese: “傑羅拉科斯”
- Dutch: “Gerolakkos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيرولاكوس”
- Finnish: “Gerólakkos”
- German: “NAVFAC Gerolakkos”
- Greek: “Gerólakkos”
- Greek: “Γερόλακκος/Αλάικιοϊ”
- Greek: “Γερόλακκος”
- Italian: “Gerolakkos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jerólakkos”
- Persian: “گرولاکوس”
- Polish: “Jerolakos”
- Russian: “Геролакос”
- Russian: “Еролакос”
- Spanish: “Gerolakkos”
- Swedish: “Gerólakkos”
- Turkish: “Alayköy, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Alayköy, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Alayköy, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Alayköy, Lefkoşa”
- Turkish: “Alayköy”
- Urdu: “گیرولاکوس”
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