Xylofagou
Xylofagou is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, situated close to the A3 motorway between Paralimni and the British military base Dhekelia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 4,960 residents
- Description: community in Larnaca District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Ksilofago”, “Ksilofogo”, “Xylophago”, and “Xylophagou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Potato.
Big Potato
Work of art
Photo: Knowledge2need, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Big Potato is a statue in Xylofagou, Cyprus. Designed by George Tasou and erected in October 2021, it stands 4.9 m tall and is made of fibreglass.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liopetri and Avgorou.
Liopetri
Village
Liopetri is a village in southern Famagusta District, in Cyprus. It is close to the communities of Frenaros, Sotira, Avgorou and Xylofagou. In 2011, Liopetri had a population of 4,591. Liopetri is situated 5 km northeast of Xylofagou.
Avgorou
Village
Avgorou is a municipal district of the Municipality of Ayia Napa in southwestern Famagusta District, Cyprus. It is located near Frenaros, Sotira, Liopetri and Ormidia. Avgorou is situated 7 km north of Xylofagou.
Dasaki Achnas
Village
Achna is an abandoned village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is just north of the Buffer Zone and it is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, its displaced inhabitants built a new village nearby. Dasaki Achnas is situated 9 km northwest of Xylofagou.
Xylofagou
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Xylofágou, Larnaca district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.97723° or 34° 58′ 38″ northLongitude
33.8492° or 33° 50′ 57″ eastPopulation
4,960Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
8G6MXRGX+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 21285807OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
145972Wikidata ID
Q8045452
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Xylofagou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اكسيلوفغو”
- Armenian: “Կսիլոֆագու”
- Armenian: “Քսիլոֆագու”
- Basque: “Xylofagou”
- Belarusian: “Ксыляфагу”
- Bulgarian: “Ксилофагу”
- Cebuano: “Xylophaghou”
- Dutch: “Xylofagou”
- Finnish: “Xylofágou”
- French: “Xylofágou”
- German: “Xylofagou”
- Greek: “Xylofágou”
- Greek: “Ξυλοφάγου”
- Hungarian: “Xilofágu”
- Italian: “Xylofagou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Xylofágou”
- Persian: “اکسایلوفگو”
- Polish: “Ksilofagu”
- Polish: “Xylofagou”
- Russian: “Ксилофагу”
- Spanish: “Xylofagu”
- Swedish: “Xylophaghou”
- Turkish: “Ksilofagu”
- Ukrainian: “Ксілофагу”
- Urdu: “کسیلوفاو”
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