Akrotiri (village)

Akrotiri
Ακρωτήρι
Ağrotur
village
Akrotiri is located in Cyprus
Akrotiri
Akrotiri
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°36′3″N 32°57′18″E / 34.60083°N 32.95500°E / 34.60083; 32.95500
Country United Kingdom
British Overseas TerritoryAkrotiri and Dhekelia
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total684
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
4640 (Cyprus postcode)
BF1 2AT (SBA postcode)

Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, literally Cape, Turkish: Ağrotur) is a village within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA with a significant non-military population.

The village contains two small churches dedicated to St. Cross and St. George. To the south is a site called Kourion (Greek: Κούριον) containing the ruins of an ancient settlement.[2] Of the place Stefano Lusignan in his Description de toute l'isle de Cypre (Paris, 1580) says: "Cury est une ville antique, située au milieu du Promontoire des chats."[3] ("Kouria is an ancient town situated in the middle of the Headland of Cats.")

  1. ^ Census 2001
  2. ^ George H. Everett Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus.: Studies in the Archaeology and Architecture of the Island (London: Zeno, 1983): 373.
  3. ^ Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus, see: http://www.cyprusgazetteer.org/hu/442/1118/ Retrieved June 2016.