Pyrga
Pyrga is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 22 west of Famagusta on the main Nicosia-Famagusta highway. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Today most of the village is used by the Turkish military as a military base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Famagusta District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Aşağı Pyrgo”, “Çamlıbel”, “Kato Pyrgos”, “Pirhan”, “Pyrga Ammochostou”, and “Pyrga, Famagusta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prastio and Sinta.
Prastio
Village
Photo: George Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
Prastio is a small village in Cyprus, 19 km west of Famagusta. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. It is administered by the municipality of Sinta. Prastio is situated 3 km east of Pyrga.
Sinta
Village
Sinta is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. The village was recorded as early as the early 13th century in papal documents. Sinta is situated 3½ km southwest of Pyrga.
Genagra
Village
Genagra is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 5 km southwest of Lefkoniko, just south of Lefkoniko Airport. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Genagra is situated 4½ km northwest of Pyrga.
Pyrga
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Pyrgá, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.18414° or 35° 11′ 3″ northLongitude
33.7259° or 33° 43′ 33″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8G7M5PMG+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1104808281OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Pyrga” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պիրգա”
- Bulgarian: “Пирга”
- Dutch: “Pyrga, Famagusta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيرجا اموتشوستو”
- Greek: “Pyrgá”
- Greek: “Πυργά Αμμοχώστου”
- Greek: “Πυργά/Πιρχάν”
- Greek: “Πυργά”
- Italian: “Pirhan”
- Italian: “Pyrga Ammochostou”
- Italian: “Pyrga”
- Persian: “پیرگا”
- Polish: “Pirga (dystrykt Famagusta)”
- Polish: “Pirga”
- Polish: “Pyrga (dystrykt Famagusta)”
- Polish: “Pyrga (dystrykt Famangusta)”
- Polish: “Pyrga”
- Russian: “Пирга”
- Turkish: “Pirhan, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Pirhan, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Pirhan, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Pirhan”
- Urdu: “پیرگا، 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 “Pyrga”. Photo: Александр Чудновский, CC BY 3.0.