Akanthou
Akanthou is a village on the northern coast of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 1,459.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Akanthou Municipality”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Platani and Mandres.
Platani
Village
Platani is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, situated 9 kilometers north of Lefkoniko. Under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, Platani is a Turkish Cypriot community with a population of 183 as of 2011. Platani is situated 4½ km south of Akanthou.
Mandres
Village
Mandres is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 12 km northwest of Trikomo. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Mandres is situated 5 km southeast of Akanthou.
Artemi
Village
Artemi is an abandoned village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 9 km north of Lefkoniko on the south side of the Kyrenia mountain range. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, being a part of the Gazimağusa District. Artemi is situated 7 km southwest of Akanthou.
Akanthou
- Categories: municipalities of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Akanthoú, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.37261° or 35° 22′ 21″ northLongitude
33.75337° or 33° 45′ 12″ eastElevation
195 metres (640 feet)Open location code
8G7M9QF3+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 366817171OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Akanthou” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ականտու”
- Azerbaijani: “Tatlısu”
- Bulgarian: “Аканту”
- Cebuano: “Akanthoú”
- Chinese: “阿坎圖”
- Chinese: “阿坎苏”
- Dutch: “Akanthou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكانثو”
- Finnish: “Akanthoú”
- French: “Akanthoú”
- Georgian: “აკანთუ”
- German: “Akanthou”
- German: “Akanthou/Tatlısu”
- Greek: “Akanthoú”
- Greek: “Ακανθού”
- Greek: “Δήμος Ακανθούς”
- Italian: “Akanthou”
- Japanese: “アカントウ”
- Malay: “Akanthou”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akanthou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akanthou”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akanthoú”
- Norwegian: “Akanthou”
- Persian: “اکانتو”
- Polish: “Akantoi”
- Polish: “Akantu”
- Portuguese: “Acantu”
- Portuguese: “Akanthou”
- Russian: “Аканту”
- Swedish: “Akanthoú”
- Turkish: “Akanthou”
- Turkish: “Akatu”
- Turkish: “Tatlısu, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Tatlısu, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Tatlısu, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Tatlısu, Mağusa”
- Turkish: “Tatlısu”
- Turkish: “Ακανθού”
- Urdu: “اکانتھو”
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