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Péra Chorió

Pera Chorio

Pera Chorio is a large village in , located near the town of . The population of the village is around 2,200 people, many of whom are refugees who went to the village after the 1974 Turkish invasion.
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  • Type: Village with 2,240 residents
  • Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Pera Chorion”, “Perachorio”, “Perahorio”, “Perahorya”, and “Perakhorio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Idalium and Agia Varvara.

Photo: Rjdeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Idalion or was an ancient city in , in modern , . 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. is situated 2½ km east of Pera Chorio.

Church
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is a village located in the of Cyprus.The village is named after Saint Barbara. The village is located 22 km south from and is at an altitude of 311 meters. is situated 3 km southwest of Pera Chorio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nisou and Alampra.

Village
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is a village in the of , just north of Pera Chorio and it is about 15 kilometres from the capital. It is built at the north bank of the Yialias River.

Village
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or Alambra is a village located in the of . Excavations took place here between 1974 and 1985, where the remains of a Middle Bronze Age settlement were found. is situated 2½ km south of Pera Chorio.

Town
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is a town in , located in the South Nicosia area about 20 km south of central 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 by a radial road network. is situated 3 km northeast of Pera Chorio.

Pera Chorio

Latitude
35.01282° or 35° 0′ 46″ north
Longitude
33.39357° or 33° 23′ 37″ east
Population
2,240
Elevation
249 metres (817 feet)
Open location code
8G7M297V+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2109601904
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
146191
Wiki­data ID
Q3563309
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Pera Chorio” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Pera Chorio”
  • Finnish: “Péra Chorió”
  • German: “Pera Chorio”
  • Greek: “Péra Chorió”
  • Greek: “Πέρα Χωριό”
  • Hungarian: “Péra Horió”
  • Italian: “Pera Chorio”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Péra Khorió”
  • Persian: “پرا کوریو”
  • Polish: “Pera Chorio”
  • Russian: “Пера Хорио”
  • Spanish: “Pera Chorio”
  • Turkish: “Pera Horıo”
  • Turkish: “Perahoryo”
  • Urdu: “پیرا خوریو”

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