Vouno
Vouno is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 299. The village of Vouno is located 10 kilometres north of Nicosia in Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Chamlija”, “Taşkent”, “Vouna”, “Vounon”, “Vuno”, and “Yukarı Taşkent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buffavento Castle and Panagia Apsinthiotissa.
Buffavento Castle
Historic site
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buffavento Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements. It fell into disuse in the 14th century.
Panagia Apsinthiotissa
Building
Panagia Apsinthiotissa or Absinthiotissa is a Greek Orthodox monastery located at the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos range in the Republic of Cyprus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sychari and Koutsovendis.
Sychari
Village
Sychari or Sichari is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 290.
Koutsovendis
Village
Photo: Shirazibustan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koutsovendis or Koutsoventis is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Koutsovendis is situated 3 km east of Vouno.
Bellapais
Village
Photo: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of Northern Cyprus. Its old centre is dominated by the castle over the harbour, built by the Venetians in 1540. Bellapais is situated 5 km northwest of Vouno.
Vouno
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Vounó, Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.2719° or 35° 16′ 19″ northLongitude
33.39091° or 33° 23′ 27″ eastElevation
330 metres (1,083 feet)Open location code
8G7M79CR+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 366821573OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Vouno” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վունո”
- Bulgarian: “Вуно”
- Cebuano: “Vounó”
- Dutch: “Vouno”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤونو”
- Greek: “Vounó”
- Greek: “Βουνό Κερύνειας”
- Greek: “Βουνό”
- Italian: “Taşkent”
- Italian: “Vouno”
- Italian: “Yukarı Taşkent”
- Persian: “واونو”
- Polish: “Wouno”
- Polish: “Wuno”
- Russian: “Вуно”
- Swedish: “Vounó”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Taşkent, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Taşkent, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Taşkent, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Taşkent”
- Turkish: “Yukarıtaşkent”
- Urdu: “وونو”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vouno”. Photo: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 4.0.