Akrotiri (village)

Akrotiri

Ακρωτήρι
Ağrotur
Akrotiri Ακρωτήρι Ağrotur
village
	Akrotiri Location in Cyprus
	Coordinates: 34°36′3″N 32°57′18″E / 34.60083°N 32.95500°E
Country	United Kingdom
British Overseas Territory	Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Population (2001)
• Total	684
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	4640 (Cyprus postcode) ; BF1 2AT (SBA postcode)

Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, literally Cape, Turkish: Ağrotur) is a village within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA with a significant non-military population.

The village contains two small churches dedicated to St. Cross and St. George. To the south is a site called Kourion (Greek: Κούριον) containing the ruins of an ancient settlement.^[2] Of the place Stefano Lusignan in his Description de toute l'isle de Cypre (Paris, 1580) says: "Cury est une ville antique, située au milieu du Promontoire des chats."^[3] ("Kouria is an ancient town situated in the middle of the Headland of Cats.")

^ Census 2001
^ George H. Everett Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus.: Studies in the Archaeology and Architecture of the Island (London: Zeno, 1983): 373.
^ Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus, see: http://www.cyprusgazetteer.org/hu/442/1118/ Retrieved June 2016.

[1] Census 2001

[2] George H. Everett Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus.: Studies in the Archaeology and Architecture of the Island (London: Zeno, 1983): 373.

[3] Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus, see: http://www.cyprusgazetteer.org/hu/442/1118/ Retrieved June 2016.

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Akrotiri Ακρωτήρι Ağrotur
village

Akrotiri Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 34°36′3″N 32°57′18″E / 34.60083°N 32.95500°E / 34.60083; 32.95500
Country	United Kingdom
British Overseas Territory	Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Population (2001)^[1]
• Total	684
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	4640 (Cyprus postcode) BF1 2AT (SBA postcode)