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Galateia
Sign in to saveGalateia (, , "Little Soldier") is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located on the Karpass peninsula. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, where it is a municipality belonging to the district of Iskele.
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- Locality
- Mehmetçik
- Region
- Ammochostos
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Galateia
- Settlement.image_skyline
- MehmetcikCityHall 20221009.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mehmetçik City Hall
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- 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
- Famagusta District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- İskele District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Cemil Saricizmeli
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,729
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Famagusta District
- Official name
- Γαλάτεια
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Famagusta District
- Population
- 1184
- Area
- 25.462
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- MehmetcikCityHall 20221009.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Osmangazi
- native label
- Γαλάτεια
- Commons category
- Galateia
- postal code
- 5825
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Grape festival
- Culture, sports, and tourism
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- See also
- References
Galateia (, , "Little Soldier") is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located on the Karpass peninsula. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, where it is a municipality belonging to the district of Iskele.
A traditional Turkish village sitting high on a hillside overlooking the valley below, Galáteia is most famous for its summer grape festival, for which people travel from all over Cyprus and the world to attend.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galateia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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