Protaras
Protaras is a lively town that stretches along the famous Fig Tree Bay in Cyprus. With consistent growth during the last three decades it has emerged as an alternative resort to the abandoned Famagusta city since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
- Type: Town with 20,200 residents
- Description: place in Famagusta District, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Fig Tree bay”, “Zátoka figovníka”, and “Проторас”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fig Tree Bay and Church of Saint Charalambos (Protaras).
Protaras
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Paralímni, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.0149° or 35° 0′ 54″ north
Longitude
34.0531° or 34° 3′ 11″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G7P2373+X7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Protaras” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بروتاراس”
- Asturian: “Protaras”
- Bulgarian: “Протарас”
- Cebuano: “Protaras”
- Chinese: “普罗塔拉斯”
- Chinese: “普羅塔拉斯”
- Dutch: “Protaras”
- Finnish: “Protarás”
- French: “Protaras”
- French: “Protarás”
- German: “Protaras”
- Greek: “Πρωταράς”
- Hungarian: “Protaras”
- Hungarian: “Protarász”
- Japanese: “プロタラス”
- Persian: “پروتاراس”
- Portuguese: “Protaras”
- Russian: “Протарас”
- Slovak: “Fig Tree Bay”
- Spanish: “Protaras”
- Swedish: “Protaras”
- Swiss German: “Protaras”
- Ukrainian: “Протарас”
- Urdu: “پروٹاراس”
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Places to explore: Ayia Napa and Kapparis.
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