Vasileia
Vasileia is a village in Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is located 3 km west of Lapithos. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 2,091. In the heart of Vasileia there is an abandoned church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Kyrenia District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Karşıyaka”, “Vasileja”, “Vasilia”, and “Vasilya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panagra and Lapta.
Panagra
Village
Panagra is a village in Cyprus, located about 23 km west of Kyrenia. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 220. Panagra is situated 5 km west of Vasileia.
Lapta
Town
Lapithos or Lapethos is a town in Cyprus under the control of Northern Cyprus. Archeologists claim that Lapithos was founded by the Achean brothers Praxandros and Cepheus. Lapta is situated 5 km east of Vasileia.
Larnakas tis Lapithou
Village
Larnakas tis Lapithou is a village in Cyprus, near the town of Lapithos. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. The Anat Athena bilingual Greek-Phoenician inscription was found near the village in the 19th century. Larnakas tis Lapithou is situated 5 km southeast of Vasileia.
Vasileia
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Vasíleia, Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.35331° or 35° 21′ 12″ northLongitude
33.11852° or 33° 7′ 7″ eastElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
8G7M9439+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 276379688OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Vasileia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վասիլիա”
- Bulgarian: “Василия”
- Dutch: “Vasileia”
- Greek: “Vasíleia”
- Greek: “Βασίλεια/Καρσίγιακα”
- Greek: “Βασίλεια”
- Italian: “Karşıyaka”
- Italian: “Vasileia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vasília”
- Persian: “وسیلیا”
- Polish: “Wasileia”
- Polish: “Wasilia”
- Russian: “Василия”
- Turkish: “Karşıyaka, Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Karşıyaka, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Karşıyaka, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Karşıyaka, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Karşıyaka”
- Urdu: “واسیلیا”
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