Kantara

Kantara is a village in the of , located south-west of . It is under the de facto control of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located south-west of Kantara Castle
  • Also known as: “Kandara”, “Kantara, Famagusta”, and “Kantara, İskele”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kantara Castle.

Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in , in the area controlled by . The exact date of its construction is unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. is situated 3 km northeast of Kantara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ardana and Gerani.

Village
Photo: George Groutas, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in , located 9 km north of . It is under the de facto control of . is situated 3½ km south of Kantara.

Village
is a village in the of , located 8 km northeast of . It is under the de facto control of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Kantara.

Village
Photo: Seksen iki yüz kırk beş, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karpaz is a slender, 80-km long peninsula in the northeast of . It's mostly rugged and thinly populated: there are hotels, but on nothing like the scale of the Kyrenia or Turkish mainland tourist strips. In 2023 the population was 20,245. is situated 4 km north of Kantara.

Kantara

Latitude
35.38727° or 35° 23′ 14″ north
Longitude
33.89848° or 33° 53′ 55″ east
Elevation
547 metres (1,795 feet)
Open location code
8G7M9VPX+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6029501335
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
146555
Wiki­data ID
Q1723952
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Georgian to Turkish—“Kantara” goes by many names.
  • Georgian: “ქანთარა (ისქელე)”
  • Georgian: “ქანთარა”
  • German: “Kantara”
  • Greek: “Kantára”
  • Greek: “Καντάρα”
  • Italian: “Kantara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kantara”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kandára”
  • Russian: “Кантара”
  • Swedish: “Kantara”
  • Turkish: “Kantara, Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Kantara, KKTC”
  • Turkish: “Kantara, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Kantara, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Kantara”

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Localities in the Area

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