Angastina
Angastina (, ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located around 20 km east of Nicosia, on the main road to Famagusta. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Angastina is perched on a gentle river terrace chalk escarpment over the Pedias river plain at 66 metres above sea level.
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- Locality
- Aslanköy
- Region
- Ammochostos
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
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- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- The murder of Nikoli Philippou
- The Turkish invasion of 1974
- Agriculture
- Famous Angastiniotes
- Churches
- References
Angastina (, ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located around 20 km east of Nicosia, on the main road to Famagusta. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Angastina is perched on a gentle river terrace chalk escarpment over the Pedias river plain at 66 metres above sea level.
==Etymology== thumbnail|left|The Church of Agios Therapon in Angastina, 2010.
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