Peyia
Pegeia or Peyia is a town and municipality in the Paphos District of Cyprus. It is located 14 km northwest of Paphos, at the southern end of the Akamas Peninsula, and is situated mainly on steep coastal hills near Coral Bay.- Type: Town with 3,950 residents
- Description: Town and municipality in the district of Paphos in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Pegeia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peyia Municipal Stadium and EDRO III.
Peyia Municipal Stadium
Stadium
Peyia 2014 was a Cypriot football club based in Peyia of the Paphos District. It merged with AS Mandrion to form Akamas-Mandria 2025 FC.
EDRO III
EDRO III was a cargo ship, built in 1966 by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted at Tønsberg in Norway. It ran aground in Cyprus on 8 December 2011. EDRO III is situated 4 km west of Peyia.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akoursos and Kathikas.
Akoursos
Hamlet
Akoursos is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Kathikas. Akoursos is located at 410 metres above sea level. It receives approximately 650 mm of rainfall annually. Akoursos is situated 3½ km east of Peyia.
Kathikas
Village
Kathikas is one of the Laona villages in the Paphos District of Cyprus. It is situated on a plateau 23 kilometers north of Paphos. It has an altitude of 655m and a population of 333. Kathikas is situated 5 km northeast of Peyia.
Peyia
- Categories: municipalities of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Pégeia, Paphos district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.88351° or 34° 53′ 1″ north
Longitude
32.38032° or 32° 22′ 49″ east
Population
3,950
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
Open location code
8G6JV9MJ+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Peyia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيجيا”
- Arabic: “بيغيا”
- Armenian: “Պեյա”
- Basque: “Pegeia”
- Bulgarian: “Пея”
- Cebuano: “Pégeia”
- Czech: “Pegeia”
- Czech: “Peyia”
- Czech: “Πέγεια”
- Dutch: “Peyia”
- Finnish: “Pégeia”
- French: “Pegeia”
- French: “Pégia”
- Georgian: “პეგეია”
- German: “Pegeia”
- German: “Pegia”
- German: “Peyia”
- Greek: “Pégeia”
- Greek: “Δήμος Πέγειας”
- Greek: “Πέγεια”
- Hebrew: “פז’יה”
- Hungarian: “Péjia”
- Italian: “Peyia”
- Lithuanian: “Peja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pegeia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Péja”
- Norwegian: “Pegeia”
- Persian: “پیگیا”
- Polish: “Pegeia”
- Polish: “Peja”
- Polish: “Pejia”
- Portuguese: “Pegeia”
- Russian: “Пейя”
- Spanish: “Peyia”
- Swedish: “Pégeia”
- Turkish: “Peya”
- Ukrainian: “Пейя”
- Urdu: “پیگیا”
- Venetian: “Peyia”
- Western Frisian: “Pegeia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coral Bay and Koufon Gorge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fountains of Pegeia and Peyia Municipality.
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