Akrotiri (village)

This article is about the village on Cyprus. For the village on Santorini, see Akrotiri, Santorini.
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]
 • Total
684
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.