Kouklia
Kouklia is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 5 km east of Lysi. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Köklü”, “Köprü”, “Köprülü”, “Kouklia Ammochostou”, “Kouklia Famagusta”, “Kouklia Northern Cyprus”, “Kouklia, Cyprus”, “Kouklia, Famagusta”, “Kouklia, Northern Cyprus”, and “Kukla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sigouri Castle.
Sigouri Castle
Ruins
Sigouri Castle was a medieval castle in Cyprus of which there are no remains. Its location facilitated as a stopover for troops from Nicosia, the capital, on their way to the coastal harbours of either Famagusta or Larnaca. Sigouri Castle is situated 3½ km north of Kouklia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kontea and Makrasyka.
Kontea
Village
Kontea is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Lysi. The name of the village originates in the era of Venetian rule in Cyprus and it originally means "county" in Italian. Kontea is situated 3 km west of Kouklia.
Makrasyka
Village
Makrasyka is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 3 kilometres west of Achna. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Makrasyka is situated 4 km south of Kouklia.
Kalopsida
Village
Kalopsida is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, 8 kilometres east of Lysi. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Before 1974, Kalopsida was an exclusively Greek Cypriot village; its residents were displaced during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Kalopsida is situated 4 km east of Kouklia.
Kouklia
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Koúklia, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.10862° or 35° 6′ 31″ northLongitude
33.75046° or 33° 45′ 2″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8G7M4Q52+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1104852042OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Kouklia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կուկլիա”
- Bulgarian: “Куклия”
- Dutch: “Kouklia, Famagusta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوكليا”
- Greek: “Koúklia”
- Greek: “Κούκλια Αμμοχώστου”
- Greek: “Κούκλια”
- Italian: “Köprülü”
- Italian: “Kouklia, Famagosta”
- Italian: “Kouklia”
- Persian: “کوکلئا”
- Polish: “Kouklia”
- Polish: “Kuklia”
- Russian: “Куклия”
- Turkish: “Köprü KKTC”
- Turkish: “Köprü Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Köprü Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Köprü, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Köprü, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Köprü, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Köprülü, Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Köprülü”
- Urdu: “کوکلیا، فاماگوستا”
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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 “Kouklia”. Photo: Александр Чудновский, CC BY 3.0.