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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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 is a Cypriot football club based in Peyia of the Paphos District.
EDRO III
Photo: Nino Verde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
EDRO III was a cargo ship, built in 1966 by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted at Tønsberg in Norway. EDRO III is situated 4 km west of Peyia.
Mavrokolimpos Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mavrokolimpos Reservoir is situated 4 km southeast 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
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Avakas Gorge
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avakas Gorge is a popular hiking destination in the Paphos district of Cyprus.
Peyia
- Categories: municipalities of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Pégeia, Paphos district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.88351° or 34° 53′ 1″ northLongitude
32.38032° or 32° 22′ 49″ eastPopulation
3,950Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)Open location code
8G6JV9MJ+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 41005573OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
146175Wikidata ID
Q2538717
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Peyia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيغيا”
- Armenian: “Պեյա”
- Basque: “Pegeia”
- Bulgarian: “Пея”
- Cebuano: “Pégeia”
- Czech: “Pegeia”
- Czech: “Peyia”
- Czech: “Πέγεια”
- Dutch: “Peyia”
- Finnish: “Pégeia”
- French: “Pegeia”
- French: “Pégia”
- 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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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 “Peyia”. Photo: z-pinch, CC BY-SA 3.0.