Dhekelia

Dhekelia is a village in and has about 10,000 residents. Dhekelia is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dhekelia Power Station and Pyla-Kokkinokremos.

Power station
Photo: Elnuko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of three power plants belonging to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus. It is located approximately 15 kilometres east of the city of and it has a capacity of 460 MW.

Archaeological site
Photo: BretschneiderJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a Late Bronze Age settlement on , which was abandoned after a brief occupation. is situated 2 miles west of Dhekelia.

Aerodrome
King's Field, also known as Kingsfield and Noddy Land is a small airfield located in , Cyprus. No. 16 Flight AAC, which operated Westland Gazelle AH.1 helicopters, was based here. is situated 2 miles northwest of Dhekelia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xylotymvou and Pyla.

Village
Photo: Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0.
Xylotymbou is a small town in in south-eastern . It is one of the four surrounded by the Eastern Sovereign Base Area of , a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area. is situated 2 miles north of Dhekelia.

Village
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , . It is one of only four villages located within the United Nations Buffer Zone, the other three being , and . is situated 3 miles northwest of Dhekelia.

Village
is a Turkish Cypriot village in , , 4 km north of , almost surrounded by the British Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia. is situated 4 miles north of Dhekelia.

Dhekelia

Latitude
34.9915° or 34° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
33.7325° or 33° 43′ 57″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
CY DHK
Open location code
8G6MXPRM+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13371274329
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12196125
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In Other Languages

“Dhekelia” goes by many names.
  • Russian: “Декелия”

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