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Kalavasos (; ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi, on the river Vasilikos. In its vicinity, there are copper mines.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
village
Settlement.official_name
Kalavasos
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
Larnaca District
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
737
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+3
Settlement.website
http://www.kalavasos.org/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Καλαβασός
Country
Cyprus
Population
737
Area
20.7444
Elevation
180
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Tochni
Official website
www.kalavasos.org
Image
Kalavasos01.JPG
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Commons category
Kalavasos
postal code
7733
native label
Καλαβασός
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Kalavasos (; ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi, on the river Vasilikos. In its vicinity, there are copper mines.

The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalavasos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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