Keryneia

Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of . Its old centre is dominated by the castle over the harbour, built by the Venetians in 1540.
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  • Type: District with 62,200 residents
  • Description: district of Cyprus
  • Also known as: Keryneia District”, “Kyrenia”, “Kyrenia district”, and “Kyrenia District
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agirda and Krini.

Village
is a Turkish Cypriot village in the Kyrenia District of . It is under the de facto control of . Its population in 2011 was 745.

Village
is a village in the Kyrenia District of . It is under the de facto control of . is the starting point of the .

Village
is a village in , located west of . As a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, is under the de facto control of . Its population in 2011 was 55.

Keryneia

Latitude
35.2991° or 35° 17′ 57″ north
Longitude
33.2542° or 33° 15′ 15″ east
Population
62,200
Elevation
271 metres (889 feet)
Open location code
8G7M77X3+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8265433744
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­district
Geo­Names ID
146411
Wiki­data ID
Q59146
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Keryneia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة كيرينيا
  • Arabic: منطقة كيرينيا
  • Arabic: منطقه كيرينيا
  • Armenian: Կիրենիայի շրջան
  • Basque: Kireniako barrutia
  • Bengali: কায়রেনিয়া জেলা
  • Bulgarian: Кирения
  • Catalan: districte de Kerínia
  • Catalan: Districte de Kerínia
  • Catalan: Districte de Kyrenia
  • Cebuano: Eparchía Kerýneias
  • Chinese: 凯里尼亚区
  • Czech: Distrikt Kyrenia
  • Czech: Girne
  • Czech: Kyrenia
  • Danish: Kyrenia District
  • Dutch: Kyrenia
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Kirenio
  • Esperanto: Distrikto Kyrenia
  • Finnish: Kyrenian alue
  • French: CY-01
  • French: district de Kyrenia
  • French: District de Kyrenia
  • French: Kyrenia
  • Georgian: კირენიის რაიონი
  • German: Bezirk Kyrenia
  • Greek: Kerýneia
  • Greek: Επαρχία Κερύνειας
  • Greek: Κερύνεια
  • Gujarati: કીરેનિયા જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: कायरेनिया जिला
  • Hungarian: Kyrenia kerület
  • Indonesian: Distrik Kyrenia
  • Italian: distretto di Kyrenia
  • Italian: Distretto di Kyrenia
  • Japanese: キレニア地区
  • Kannada: ಕಿರೆನಿಯಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 키레니아 구
  • Korean: 키레니아구
  • Kurdish: qezaya Kerîniyayê
  • Latvian: Kerinijas eparhija
  • Limburgan: Girne
  • Lithuanian: Girnės apygarda
  • Lithuanian: Kirenijos apygarda
  • Low German: Bezirk Kyrenia
  • Luxembourgish: Bezierk Kyrenia
  • Malay: Daerah Kyrenia
  • Marathi: कायरेनिया जिल्हा
  • Northern Frisian: Distrikt Kyrenia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kyrenia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Distriktet Kerýnia
  • Norwegian: Kyrenia
  • Persian: ناحیه گیرنه
  • Polish: Dystrykt Kirenia
  • Polish: Dystrykt Kyrenia
  • Portuguese: Cirénia
  • Portuguese: Kyrenia
  • Romanian: Districtul Kyrenia
  • Russian: Гирне
  • Russian: Киренея
  • Russian: Кирения
  • Russian: Кириния
  • Scots: Kyrenia Destrict
  • Serbian: Керинеја
  • Serbian: Округ Керинеја
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kerineja (distrikt)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kerineja
  • Sinhala: කයිරෙනියා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, සයිප්‍රසය
  • Sinhala: කයිරෙනියා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Slovak: Girne
  • Slovenian: Eparhija Kirenija
  • Spanish: Distrito de Girne
  • Spanish: Distrito de Kyrenia
  • Spanish: Girne
  • Swedish: Kyrenia
  • Tamil: கியரேனியா மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: కైరేనియా జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตคีรีเนีย
  • Turkish: Girne bölgesi
  • Turkish: Girne İlçesi
  • Turkish: Girne kazası
  • Turkish: Kyrenia District
  • Ukrainian: Киренія
  • Ukrainian: Кіренія
  • Urdu: ضلع کیرینیہ
  • Vietnamese: Huyện Kyrenia
  • Vietnamese: Kyrenia
  • Waray (Philippines): Kyrenia
  • Western Armenian: Կիրենիա
  • Western Armenian: Քիրենիա
  • Western Frisian: Kyrenia (distrikt)
  • Western Frisian: Kyrenia
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع کیرینیا
  • CY-01

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