Palaiometocho
Sign in to savePalaiometocho ( ), officially Palaiometocho ( ), is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Its name derives from the Greek palaio (old) and metochio (inn). It was probably given to it because it used to be a rest stop for pilgrims on their way to the Kykkos Monastery. As of 2011, Palaiometocho had a population of 4,145.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Palaiometocho
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Palaiometocho.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cyprus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nicosia District
- Settlement.government_type
- Community council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 4145
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Nicosia District
- Official name
- Παλαιομέτοχο
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Nicosia District
- Population
- 4145
- Area
- 35.1151
- Elevation
- 240
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Palaiometocho.JPG
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- Paliometocho
- native label
- Παλαιομέτοχο
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Palaiometocho ( ), officially Palaiometocho ( ), is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. Its name derives from the Greek palaio (old) and metochio (inn). It was probably given to it because it used to be a rest stop for pilgrims on their way to the Kykkos Monastery. As of 2011, Palaiometocho had a population of 4,145.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palaiometocho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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