Lapta
Lapithos or Lapethos is a town in Cyprus under the control of Northern Cyprus. It is about 3 kilometres north of the ancient city-kingdom of Lapathus.
- Town with about 5,220 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (280 feet)
- Description: modern town in Cyprus
- Also known as“Gilderen”“Gildirin”“Lapethos”“Lapithos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Selvili and Acheiropoietos Monastery.
Mount Selvili
Peak
Kyparissovouno is the highest peak of the unrecognised…
Acheiropoietos Monastery
The Acheiropoietos Monastery was a medieval Byzantine…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karavas and Motides.
Palaiosofos
Village
Palaiosofos is a small village in Cyprus, located southeast of Lapithos. Palaiosofos is situated 3½ km east of Lapta.
Lapta
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
35.33873° or 35° 20′ 19″ north
Longitude
33.17228° or 33° 10′ 20″ east
Open location code
8G7M85QC+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lapta” goes by many names.
لابثوسArabic
ԼապիտոսArmenian
LapithosAsturian
LàpithosCatalan
LapítiaCatalan
LápithosCebuano
拉皮托斯Chinese
LapithosDutch
LaptaDutch
لابثوسEgyptian Arabic
LápithosFinnish
ლაპიტოსიGeorgian
LápithosGreek
ΛάπηθοςGreek
LapithosItalian
LapethusLatin
LaptaLatin
LaptaNorthern Frisian
LapithosNorwegian
LapithosNorwegian Bokmål
LápithosNorwegian Nynorsk
لاپیتوسPersian
LapitosPolish
ЛапитосRussian
LápithosSwedish
LapithosTurkish
LaptaTurkish
Lapta, KKTCTurkish
Lapta, Kuzey KıbrısTurkish
Lapta, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk CumhuriyetiTurkish
ΛάπηθοςTurkish
لاپیتھوسUrdu
لاپیٹہوسUrdu
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