Larnaca

Larnaca is a city on the southern coast of . With 85,000 residents in 2015, metropolitan Larnaca is the island's third largest city.
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  • Type: City with 51,500 residents
  • Description: city on the southern coast of Cyprus
  • Also known as: Chittim”, “Kitium”, “Kozan”, “Lapithou”, “Larnaka”, “Salina”, and “Salines
  • Postal code: 6058
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Larnaca Castle and Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a castle located on the southern coast of . It was constructed to defend the southern coast of Cyprus and the harbour town of Larnaca and was later used as an artillery station, prison, and a museum.

Church
The Church of Saint Lazarus is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, . It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church.

Sports venue
The is a football stadium in Larnaca, . It has a current seating capacity of 10230 and has been the home stadium of Anorthosis Famagusta since its completion in 1986.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skala and Livadia.

Suburb
or Scala is neighbourhood or quarter of Larnaca, and is also commonly used to refer to Larnaca itself.

Suburb
is a municipality and suburb of Larnaca. It has been a settlement since the Middle Bronze Age.

Town
Aradippou is a town and municipality in , located on the outskirts of the city of Larnaca. It was established in 1986 following a referendum of local residents.

Larnaca

Latitude
34.9236° or 34° 55′ 25″ north
Longitude
33.6236° or 33° 37′ 25″ east
Population
51,500
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
IATA airport code
LCA
United Nations Location Code
CY LCA
Open location code
8G6MWJFF+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1939509422
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
146400
Wiki­data ID
Q171882
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Larnaca” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Larnaca
  • Albanian: Larnaka
  • Arabic: لارنقة
  • Arabic: لارنكا
  • Arabic: لرنقة
  • Arabic: مدينة لارنكا
  • Armenian: Լառնակա
  • Armenian: Լարնակա
  • Azerbaijani: Larnaka
  • Basque: Larnaka
  • Belarusian: Ларнака
  • Belarusian: Лярнака
  • Bengali: লারনাকা
  • Bulgarian: Китион
  • Bulgarian: Ларнака
  • Catalan: Citium
  • Catalan: Cittium
  • Catalan: Kètion
  • Catalan: Khitim
  • Catalan: Kition
  • Catalan: Larnaca
  • Catalan: Làrnaca
  • Catalan: Larnaka
  • Cebuano: Larnaca (kapital sa distrito)
  • Cebuano: Larnaca
  • Central Kurdish: لارناکا
  • Chinese: 拉納卡
  • Chinese: 拉纳卡
  • Chinese: 拉那卡
  • Chuvash: Ларнака
  • Croatian: Larnaca
  • Croatian: Larnaka
  • Czech: Iskele
  • Czech: Larnaca
  • Czech: Larnaka
  • Danish: Larnaca
  • Dutch: Larnaca
  • Egyptian Arabic: لارناكا
  • Esperanto: Larnaka
  • Estonian: Larnaca
  • Estonian: Larnaka
  • Estonian: Lárnaka
  • Finnish: Citium
  • Finnish: Kition
  • Finnish: Larnaca
  • Finnish: Larnaka
  • Finnish: Lárnaka
  • French: Cition
  • French: Citium
  • French: Larnaca
  • French: Larnaka
  • Galician: Larnaca
  • Georgian: ლარნაკა
  • German: Larnaca
  • German: Larnaka
  • German: Lárnaka
  • Greek: Lárnaka
  • Greek: Λάρνακα
  • Hausa: Larnaca
  • Hebrew: לרנקה
  • Hungarian: Lárnaka
  • Indonesian: Larnaca
  • Indonesian: Larnaka
  • Interlingue: Larnaka
  • Italian: Cizio
  • Italian: Kition
  • Italian: Larnaca
  • Italian: Larnaka
  • Japanese: キティオン
  • Japanese: ラルナカ
  • Korean: 라르나카
  • Kurdish: Larnaka
  • Latvian: Larnaka
  • Limburgan: Larnaka
  • Lithuanian: Larnaka
  • Lombard: Larnaca
  • Lombard: Larnaka
  • Macedonian: Ларнака
  • Maltese: Larnaca
  • Maltese: Larnaka
  • Moksha: Ларнака
  • Northern Frisian: Larnaka (Stää)
  • Northern Frisian: Larnaka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Larnaca
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Larnaka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Iskele
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Larnaca
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Larnaka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Lárnaka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Λάρνακα
  • Norwegian: Larnaka
  • Persian: لارناکا
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Larnaka
  • Polish: Kition
  • Polish: Kiton
  • Polish: Larnaca
  • Polish: Lárnaca
  • Polish: Larnaka
  • Pontic: Λάρνακαν
  • Portuguese: Cítio
  • Portuguese: Kition
  • Portuguese: Larnaca
  • Portuguese: Lárnaca
  • Romanian: Larnaca
  • Romanian: Larnaka
  • Russian: Китий
  • Russian: Китион
  • Russian: Ларнак (город)
  • Russian: Ларнака
  • Scots: Larnaca
  • Serbian: Larnaka
  • Serbian: Λάρνακα
  • Serbian: Китион
  • Serbian: Ларнака
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kitijum
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kition
  • Serbo-Croatian: Larnaka
  • Silesian: Larnaka
  • Slovak: Larnaka
  • Slovenian: Larnaca
  • Slovenian: Larnaka
  • South Azerbaijani: لارکانه
  • Spanish: Citio
  • Spanish: Kition
  • Spanish: Kittim
  • Spanish: Larnaca
  • Spanish: Lárnaca
  • Swedish: Kition
  • Swedish: Larnaca
  • Swedish: Larnaka
  • Tamil: இலார்னாக்கா
  • Thai: Larnaca
  • Thai: ลาร์นากา
  • Tibetan: ལར་ན་ཀ།
  • Turkish: Larnaca
  • Turkish: Larnaka
  • Ukrainian: Кітій
  • Ukrainian: Кітіон
  • Ukrainian: Ларнака
  • Urdu: Larnaca
  • Urdu: لارناکا
  • Venetian: Larnaca
  • Veps: Larnak
  • Waray (Philippines): Larnaca
  • Western Armenian: Լառնագա
  • Western Armenian: Լառնաքա
  • Western Frisian: Larnaka
  • Western Panjabi: لرناکا
  • Wu Chinese: 拉纳卡
  • Yue Chinese: 拉納卡

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