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This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...
Kormakitis (Cypriot Arabic: Kurmajit; Greek: Κορμακίτης, Kormakítis; Turkish: Kormacit or Koruçam) is a small village in Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cyprus, the other three being Asomatos, Agia Marina and Karpaseia. [3]
The village proper is located to the west of the church, suggesting the settlement has shifted or that the church was originally surrounded by its own properties. The stone houses in the village retain the vernacular Gothic elements sometimes found in the traditional domestic buildings of Cyprus; according to Gunnis, the oldest of them dates to ...
Agios Dimitrianos (Greek: Άγιος Δημητριανός) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 12 km west of Pano Panagia. Agios Dimitrianos has an elevation of 564 m. [2] The village was named after the church of Agios Dimitrianos located in the area where the village was built. [3] Nearby Communities : Polemi, Psathi. [4]
Kissonerga is a village in South West Cyprus, about 8 km north of Paphos, in a region notable for the cultivation of banana plantations, [2] an area known as the Ktima Lowlands. In 1980 the population of the village was 700 people. [3] Kissonerga is about eight kilometres down the main road from Paphos towards Coral Bay. [4]
Anafotia (Greek: Aναφωτιά or Αναφωτία; Turkish: Akkor) is a village located in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, west of Larnaca.In 1994, the official name of the village became Anafotida (Aναφωτίδα), following a decision by the then-government of Cyprus to make the names of villages on the island more Greek.
Polemi (Greek: Πολέμι) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus. The village is located within the rolling landscape of the Paphos hills at an altitude of 463 metres (1,519 ft) above sea level. [2] It receives an average annual rainfall of about 637 millimeters. [3]
Lemithou (Greek: Λεμύθου), also spelt Lemythou, is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 3km west of Prodromos, the highest village in Cyprus, in the Marathasa Valley of the Troodos Mountains.