Angastina
Sign in to saveAngastina (, ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located around 20 km east of Nicosia, on the main road to Famagusta. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Angastina is perched on a gentle river terrace chalk escarpment over the Pedias river plain at 66 metres above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- Aslanköy
- Region
- Ammochostos
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- village
- Settlement.name
- Angastina
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Angastina, Cyprus, from Nicosia - Famagusta motorway 2012.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Angastina, Cyprus, 2012. Viewed from the northern Nicosia to Famagusta highway. Note the bell tower of Agia Paraskevi right of the communications tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cyprus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Famagusta District
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Famagusta District
- Official name
- Αγκαστίνα
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Famagusta District
- Population
- +807
- Area
- +21.5926
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Angastina, Cyprus, from Nicosia - Famagusta motorway 2012.JPG
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- The murder of Nikoli Philippou
- The Turkish invasion of 1974
- Agriculture
- Famous Angastiniotes
- Churches
- References
Angastina (, ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located around 20 km east of Nicosia, on the main road to Famagusta. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Angastina is perched on a gentle river terrace chalk escarpment over the Pedias river plain at 66 metres above sea level.
==Etymology== thumbnail|left|The Church of Agios Therapon in Angastina, 2010.