Moniatis

Moniatis (, ) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 5 km southeast of Pano Platres. Moniatis was historically a mixed village of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The origin of the name is possibly due to the monasteries around it, "mones".

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Settlement.official_name: Moniatis
Settlement.native_name: ΜονιάτηςMonyat
Settlement.settlement_type: village
Settlement.image_skyline: View of Moniatis 04.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300
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: Limassol District
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001
Settlement.population_total: 227
Settlement.timezone: EET

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Wikidata facts

Part of: Limassol District
Named after: monastery
Official name: Μονιάτης
Country: Cyprus
Located in: Limassol District
Population: 275
Area: 14.618500
Elevation: 730
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Shares border with: Kouka
Official website: moniatisvillage.com
Image: View of Moniatis 04.jpg

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postal code: 4747
Commons category: Moniatis
native label: Μονιάτης

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== History == During the Kingdom of Cyprus, the chronicler Florio Bustron writes that King James II after 1464 granted Moniatis as a fief to Juan Perez Fabriges, together with other villages, among them Knodara, Kouka, Agios Andronikos of Akaki, Malia, Karpasso, Anglisides and Selino.

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