Akoursos
Akoursos is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km south of Kathikas. Akoursos is located at 410 metres above sea level. It receives approximately 650 mm of rainfall annually.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 157 residents
- Description: community in Paphos District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Akourso”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adonis Baths and Peyia Municipal Stadium.
Adonis Baths
Waterfall
Adonis Baths is a waterfall near Krya Vrysi and Lakkos tou Fragkou. It is located 267 m above sea level. In the north west of Kili village, in the province of Paphos, where Mavrokolympos flows, the waters gather and form a small waterfall.
Peyia Municipal Stadium
Stadium
Peyia 2014 is a Cypriot football club based in Peyia of the Paphos District. Peyia Municipal Stadium is situated 4 km west of Akoursos.
Mavrokolimpos Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mavrokolimpos Reservoir is situated 3½ km south of Akoursos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kathikas and Theletra.
Kathikas
Village
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kathikas is one of the Laona villages in the Paphos District of Cyprus. It is situated on a plateau 23 kilometers north of Paphos. It has an altitude of 655m and a population of 333. Kathikas is situated 3 km north of Akoursos.
Theletra
Village
Theletra is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Kathikas. Theletra is located at 583m above sea level. It has 269 residents.The village is accessible from the road that goes to Polis Chrysochou, after Stroumbi Village 500 meters to the left. Theletra is situated 3½ km northeast of Akoursos.
Peyia
Town
Photo: z-pinch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pegeia or Peyia is a town and municipality in the Paphos District of Cyprus. It is located 14 km northwest of Paphos, at the southern end of the Akamas Peninsula, and is situated mainly on steep coastal hills near Coral Bay. Peyia is situated 3½ km west of Akoursos.
Akoursos
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Akoursós, Paphos district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.88683° or 34° 53′ 13″ northLongitude
32.42123° or 32° 25′ 16″ eastPopulation
157Elevation
416 metres (1,365 feet)Open location code
8G6JVCPC+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 60389014OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
146840Wikidata ID
Q4701560
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Akoursos” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ակուրսոս”
- Bulgarian: “Акурсос”
- Cebuano: “Akoursós”
- Dutch: “Akoursos”
- French: “Akoursós”
- German: “Akoursos”
- Greek: “Akoursós”
- Greek: “Ακουρσός”
- Hungarian: “Akurszósz”
- Persian: “اکورساس”
- Polish: “Akursos”
- Russian: “Акурсос”
- Swedish: “Akoursós”
- Turkish: “Akarsu”
- Turkish: “Akurso”
- Urdu: “آکورسوس”
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