Giolou

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Settlement.official_name: Giolou
Settlement.native_name: Γιόλου
Settlement.image_skyline: PaphosDistrictGiolou.png
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: Paphos District
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001
Settlement.population_total: 737
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Γιόλου
Population: 762
Area: 9.76347
Elevation: 300

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postal code: 8720
Commons category: Giolou
native label: Γιόλου

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Giolou () is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 20 km North of Paphos and 15 km South of Polis Chrysochous. At an altitude of about 300 meters from the sea, the settlement of Giolou is connected to the southwest and north to the main road that leads to Polis Chrysochous and Latsi, which in fact led to the identification of its name with the Turkish Cypriot word “yiol” (which means road) and later with the wind god, Aeolus. The most prevalent version for the origins of its name, however, mentions the name of the feudal owner who had the village in his possession during the Byzantium era or during the period of the Frankish rule.