Kantou
Kantou is a village and municipal district of the Kourion Municipality in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 2 km north of Erimi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 465 residents
- Description: community in Limassol District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Çanakkale”, “Dönemeç”, and “Kantou, Cyprus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kourion and Kolossi Castle.
Kourion
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kourion was an important ancient Greek city-state on the southwestern coast of the island of Cyprus. In the twelfth century BCE, after the collapse of the Mycenaean palaces, Greek settlers from Argos arrived on this site. Kourion is situated 3½ km southwest of Kantou.
Kolossi Castle
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Kolossi Castle is a former Crusader stronghold on the south-west edge of Kolossi village 14 kilometres west of the city of Limassol on the island of Cyprus. Kolossi Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of Kantou.
Alphamega Stadium
Stadium
The Alphamega Stadium, also known as Limassol Stadium for UEFA competitions, is a football stadium in Kolossi, Limassol District, Cyprus, and the home ground of the 3 biggest clubs of Limassol Apollon, AEL and Aris. Alphamega Stadium is situated 3 km east of Kantou.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erimi and Episkopi.
Erimi
Village
Erimi is a village and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality, lying partly in the Limassol District of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Episkopi
Town
Photo: Rüdiger Stehn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Episkopi is a village and a municipal district of the Kourion Municipality lying partly in the Limassol district of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Kolossi
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kolossi is a village and municipal district of the Kourion Municipality on the outskirts of Limassol, Cyprus. It lies partly in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Its population in 2021 was 6,482. Kolossi is situated 3 km southeast of Kantou.
Kantou
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Kantoú, Limassol district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.68975° or 34° 41′ 23″ northLongitude
32.90664° or 32° 54′ 24″ eastPopulation
465Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)Open location code
8G6JMWQ4+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5083820224OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
146560Wikidata ID
Q11735005
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kantou” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانتو قبرص”
- Asturian: “Kantou”
- Bulgarian: “Канду”
- Bulgarian: “Канту”
- Catalan: “Kantou, Xipre”
- Cebuano: “Kantoú”
- Dutch: “Kantou, Cyprus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانتو قبرص”
- French: “Kantoú”
- German: “Kandou”
- Greek: “Kantoú”
- Greek: “Καντού Λεμεσού”
- Greek: “Καντού”
- Hungarian: “Kantú”
- Irish: “Kantou”
- Persian: “کانتوا”
- Polish: “Kandu”
- Polish: “Kantou”
- Polish: “Kantu”
- Russian: “Канту”
- Spanish: “Kantou”
- Swedish: “Kantoú”
- Turkish: “Kantu”
- Urdu: “کانتو، قبرص”
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