Kolossi
Sign in to saveKolossi ( []) is a village and municipal district of the Kourion Municipality on the outskirts of Limassol, Cyprus. It lies partly in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Its population in 2021 was 6,482.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kolossi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village and Municipal District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- View of Kolossi 01.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- 300
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Kolossi from Kolossi Castle
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limassol District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kourion Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal Council of Kourion
- Settlement.leader_title
- Deputy Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Loukas Genethliou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,482
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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- Location
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- Kolossi Castle
- References
Kolossi ( []) is a village and municipal district of the Kourion Municipality on the outskirts of Limassol, Cyprus. It lies partly in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Its population in 2021 was 6,482.
== Location == Kolossi is located 11 kilometres from Limassol. It is built at an elevation of 45 metres above sea level. It borders Erimi and Episkopi to the west, Akrotiri to the south, Trachoni to the east, and Ypsonas to the north and northeast. Part of Kolossi's administrative area falls within the territory of the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolossi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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