Kakopetria
Sign in to saveKakopetria is a town in Cyprus located southwest of the capital, Nicosia, on the north-facing foothills of the Troodos Mountains. It stands at an altitude of 667 metres and it is the highest village in the Solea Valley. The community has about 1,200 permanent inhabitants and a couple hundred more who either have a summer house or are originally from Kakopetria but work in Nicosia. Near Kakopetria there is church from 11th century, Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kakopetria
- Settlement.image_skyline
- View of Kakopetria village and Troodos Mountains in the background Republic of Cyprus.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- 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
- Nicosia District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
- 1198
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Nicosia District
- Official name
- Κακοπετριά
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Nicosia District
- Population
- 1274
- Area
- 33.2206
- Elevation
- 665
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Amiantos
- Official website
- www.kakopetria.org.cy
- Image
- View of Kakopetria village and Troodos Mountains in the background Republic of Cyprus.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Kakopetria
- native label
- Κακοπετριά
- located in the religious territorial entity
- Diocese of Morphou
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Landscape
- History
- Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis
- Village name
- References
Kakopetria is a town in Cyprus located southwest of the capital, Nicosia, on the north-facing foothills of the Troodos Mountains. It stands at an altitude of 667 metres and it is the highest village in the Solea Valley. The community has about 1,200 permanent inhabitants and a couple hundred more who either have a summer house or are originally from Kakopetria but work in Nicosia. Near Kakopetria there is church from 11th century, Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
==Landscape== Kakopetria is surrounded by thick forestland and is built on the banks of the Kargotis and Garillis Rivers. The two rivers join within village itself and form the river Klarios, which crosses the Solea Valley and empties into Morphou Bay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kakopetria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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