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General information - Location

Country	Cyprus
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 33.75,Lat: 35.367
Elevation	274 meter above sea level
Local time	19:46:07pm
At island	Cyprus
Name province/region (Επαρχία)	Αμμόχωστος
Wiki-website Subregion (Δήμος/Κοινότητα)	Ακανθού

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Olymbos	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mandres	7 km	SouthEast
3 Sina Oros	10.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Lefkoniko	12.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Lapathos	13.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Nicosia	Cyprus	45 km	SouthWest
2 Athinai	Greece	937 km	West
3 Bucureşti	Romania	1185 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthWest). The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Σύγκρασις (0.9 km² at a height of around 39 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Καντάρα with a height of 725 meter (at a distance of 12 km and direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 40%, hill: 48%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Larnaca International Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lefkoniko Airport / Geçitkale Air Base (at a distance of 15 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

22.3%

Nature

31.8 km2

44.3%

Agriculture

23.1 km2

32.1%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Akanthou in country Cyprus

Akanthou at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Choirokoitia	Cyprus	74 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Painted Churches in the Troodos Region	Cyprus	79 km	SouthWest
3 Paphos	Cyprus	143 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
FRAGMA ACHNAS	CY	34 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Akanthou
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ammochostos

Type of weather in Ammochostos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	9 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:32 Europe/Amsterdam