Potamia
Potamia is a village in the north-east of Cyprus in the district of Nicosia, close to the Green Line separating it from the area of the breakaway, unrecognised Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 433 residents
- Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Bodamya” and “Potamia, Cyprus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Idalium.
Idalium
Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Idalion or Idalium was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name does not appear on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, but does appear on the later Prism of Esarhaddon and in similar spellings in Ashurbanipal's annal. Idalium is situated 3½ km southwest of Potamia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Sozomenos and Dali.
Agios Sozomenos
Hamlet
Agios Sozomenos is a deserted village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, close to the Green Line and near Potamia. It is located at the confluence of the Alikos river with the Gialias, the second-longest river of Cyprus. Agios Sozomenos is situated 2½ km north of Potamia.
Dali
Town
Photo: George Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
Dali is a town in Cyprus, located in the South Nicosia area about 20 km south of central Nicosia and is at an altitude of 220 m. It is the largest settlement amongst a group of villages in the area which are connected to Dali by a radial road network. Dali is situated 3 km southwest of Potamia.
Louroujina
Village
Louroujina is a village in Cyprus, located within the salient that marks the southernmost extent of northern Cyprus. It was one of the largest mixed Cypriot villages before the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Louroujina is situated 4 km southeast of Potamia.
Potamia
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Potamiá, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.04235° or 35° 2′ 33″ northLongitude
33.44556° or 33° 26′ 44″ eastPopulation
433Elevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
8G7M2CRW+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 5621692665OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
146131Wikidata ID
Q1632691
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Potamia” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Potamiá”
- Dutch: “Potamia”
- French: “Potamiá”
- German: “Potamia”
- Greek: “Potamiá”
- Greek: “Ποταμιά Λευκωσίας”
- Greek: “Ποταμιά”
- Hebrew: “פוטמיה”
- Hungarian: “Potamiá”
- Polish: “Potamia”
- Russian: “Потамия”
- Swedish: “Potamiá, Cypern”
- Swedish: “Potamiá”
- Turkish: “Dereliköy”
- Turkish: “Potamya”
- Urdu: “پوتامیا، قبرص”
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