Cyprus
Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, to the south of Turkey and west of Lebanon. Since July 1974, Cyprus has been politically separated into two separate territories divided by the "Green Line"; travel between the two parts is much easier than it used to be.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea
- Also known as: “Alashiya”, “Asy”, “Cyprus (island)”, “Cyprus Island”, “Island of Cyprus”, and “Yadnana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panagia tou Araka and Church Panagia to Asinou.
Panagia tou Araka
Church
Photo: Ansgar Bovet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Panagia tou Araka, or Arakos, is a middle Byzantine Orthodox church located in Cyprus. It is one of the most well-known and completely preserved middle Byzantine churches with mural paintings.
Church Panagia to Asinou
Photo: Xenophon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church Panagia to Asinou is situated 5 km north of Cyprus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agros and Kyperounta.
Agros
Photo: Karaol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agros is a village built on the Troödos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest Cyprus, which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres with a population of approximately 1,000.
Kyperounta
Village
Photo: Xaris333, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyperounta is a town in Cyprus. It lies at an altitude of 1,140 meters. With a population in approximately 1,500 it can be called the head-town of Pitsilia. Kyperounta is situated 7 km south of Cyprus.
Lagoudera
Village
Photo: ppupos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagoudera is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located near Chandria. Lagoudera village is about 50 km from Nicosia under Madari peak, the island's second highest peak on the Troodos Mountains. Lagoudera is situated 5 km southeast of Cyprus.
Cyprus
- Category: landform
- Location: Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Cyprus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Siprus (eiland)”
- Afrikaans: “Siprus”
- Arabic: “قبرص”
- Armenian: “Կիպրոս”
- Arpitan: “Ch·ipre”
- Azerbaijani: “Kipr adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Kipr”
- Basque: “Zipre”
- Bavarian: “Zypern”
- Belarusian: “востраў Кіпр”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кіпр”
- Belarusian: “Кіпр (востраў)”
- Belarusian: “Кіпр”
- Breton: “Kiprenez”
- Bulgarian: “Кипър”
- Catalan: “Illa d’Xipre”
- Catalan: “Xipre”
- Cebuano: “Cyprus”
- Chinese: “Ku-pí-lō͘-tó”
- Chinese: “塞浦路斯岛”
- Chinese: “塞浦路斯島”
- Chinese: “賽普勒斯島”
- Chuvash: “Кипр утравĕ”
- Chuvash: “Кипр”
- Crimean Tatar: “Qıbrız”
- Croatian: “Cipar”
- Czech: “Kypr”
- Czech: “ostrov Kypr”
- Danish: “Cypern”
- Dutch: “Cyprus”
- Esperanto: “Kipro”
- Estonian: “Küprose saar”
- Finnish: “Kypros”
- French: “Chypre”
- French: “Ile de Chypre”
- French: “île de Chypre”
- French: “Île de Chypre”
- French: “Kıbrıs Adası”
- Gagauz: “Kipra”
- Galician: “Illa de Chipre”
- German: “Zypern”
- German: “Zyprer”
- Greek: “Kýpros”
- Greek: “Κύπρος”
- Hebrew: “קפריסין”
- Hungarian: “Ciprus”
- Ido: “Insulo Kipros”
- Inari Sami: “Kypros”
- Indonesian: “Siprus”
- Irish: “an Chipir”
- Irish: “Chipir”
- Italian: “Cipro”
- Italian: “isola di Cipro”
- Japanese: “キプロス島”
- Japanese: “キュプロス島”
- Javanese: “Siprus”
- Kazakh: “Кипр аралы”
- Kazakh: “Кипр”
- Korean: “키프로스섬”
- Ladino: “Kipre”
- Ligurian: “Isoa de Çipro”
- Malagasy: “Nosin’ i Kiprôsy”
- Malagasy: “Nosy ny Kipra”
- Manx: “Ellan Coobyr”
- Manx: “yn Cheeprey”
- Manx: “yn Chyprys”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ku-pí-lō͘-tó”
- Northern Frisian: “Zypern (Eilun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Zypern”
- Northern Sami: “Kypros”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kypros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kypros”
- Norwegian: “Kypros”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chipre”
- Ossetian: “Кипр”
- Polish: “Cypr”
- Portuguese: “Chipre”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Chipre”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Chipre”
- Romanian: “Cipru”
- Russian: “Кипр”
- Rusyn: “Кипр”
- Skolt Sami: “Kypros”
- Slovak: “Cyprus”
- Slovenian: “Ciper (otok)”
- Slovenian: “Ciper”
- Slovenian: “otok Ciper”
- South Azerbaijani: “قیبریس (آدا)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قیبریس”
- Spanish: “Chipre”
- Spanish: “Isla de Chipre”
- Swedish: “Cypern”
- Swiss German: “Zypere”
- Talysh: “Kipr”
- Tatar: “Кипр утравы”
- Tosk Albanian: “Zypern”
- Turkish: “Kıbrıs Adası”
- Turkish: “Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Yeşilada”
- Ukrainian: “Кіпр”
- Uzbek: “Qibris”
- Uzbek: “Жанубий Кипр”
- Wu Chinese: “塞浦路斯岛”
- Yue Chinese: “塞浦路斯島”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mavrochoma and Kaminia tou Diakou.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ágios Nikólaos and Kalyfes.
Cyprus: Must-Visit Destinations
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