Acheritou

Acheritou is a village in , located just to the west of the Agios Nikolaos section of . De facto, it is part of . In 2011, its population was 911.
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  • Type: Village with 1,720 residents
  • Description: village in Cyprus
  • Also known as: Ağratur”, “Aharida”, “Aharitu”, “Ahiritu”, “Akhyritou”, “Aşeritu”, “Güvercinlik”, and “Kouverjinlik
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ayios Nikolaos Station.

Military installation
is a British military station and part of the in . It is a former village connected by a road to the main area of the Dhekelia Garrison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalopsida and Enkomi.

Village
is a village in the of , 8 kilometres east of . It is under the de facto control of . Before 1974, was an exclusively Greek Cypriot village; its residents were displaced during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. is situated 6 km west of Acheritou.

Village
is a village near in . It is a short distance from a prominent 2nd millennium BC archaeological site also named . is under the de facto control of . is situated 7 km north of Acheritou.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a city in , with a population of 55,648 in 2019. It's a seaport and tourist resort and has a walled old centre created in the 13th century.

Acheritou

Latitude
35.10063° or 35° 6′ 2″ north
Longitude
33.86142° or 33° 51′ 41″ east
Population
1,720
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8G7M4V26+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1104852052
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
146842
Wiki­data ID
Q3556301
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Acheritou” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Ախերիտու
  • Bulgarian: Ахериту
  • Cebuano: Acherítou
  • Dutch: Acheritou
  • Egyptian Arabic: اتشيريتو
  • Finnish: Acherítou
  • French: Acherítou
  • French: Αχερίτου
  • German: Acheritou
  • German: Acherítou
  • Greek: Acherítou
  • Greek: Αχερίτου
  • Italian: Acheritou
  • Italian: Güvercinlik
  • Malay: Acheritou
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Akherítou
  • Persian: اکریتو
  • Polish: Acheritu
  • Polish: Akheritou
  • Russian: Ахериту
  • Spanish: Acheritou
  • Spanish: Acherítou
  • Swedish: Acherítou
  • Turkish: Güvercinlik, KKTC
  • Turkish: Güvercinlik, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: Güvercinlik, Kuzey Kıbrıs
  • Turkish: Güvercinlik, Mağusa
  • Turkish: Güvercinlik
  • Urdu: آخیریتو

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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 “Acheritou”. Photo: Александр Чудновский, CC BY 3.0.