Orounta
Orounta is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, west of Nicosia, near Peristerona. It was the birthplace of the Saint Martyr Saint Philoumenos, who was the Guardian of Jacob's Well, in the West Bank, where he was killed after the assailant threw grenades into the Church of Saint Photini and attacked him with an axe.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peristerona and Kato Moni.
Peristerona
Village
Peristerona is a large village about 32 kilometres… Peristerona is situated 3½ km north of Orounta.
Kato Moni
Village
Kato Moni is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located 7 km south of Peristerona. Kato Moni is situated 4½ km south of Orounta.
Akaki
Village
Akaki is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Akaki is situated 5 km northeast of Orounta.
Orounta
- Type: Village with 604 residents
- Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Oroúnta, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.10142° or 35° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude
33.09384° or 33° 5′ 38″ east
Population
604
Elevation
300 metres (984 feet)
Open location code
8G7M432V+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Orounta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oroúnta”
- Dutch: “Orounta”
- Georgian: “ორუნტა”
- Greek: “Oroúnta”
- Greek: “Ορούντα”
- Hungarian: “Orúnda”
- Persian: “اورونتا”
- Polish: “Orunda”
- Russian: “Оронта”
- Spanish: “Orounda”
- Swedish: “Oroúnta”
- Turkish: “Kato Mom”
- Turkish: “Orounta”
- Turkish: “Orunda”
- Urdu: “اورونتا”
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