Kourtaka

Kourtaka or Kourdaka (, ) is an abandoned Turkish Cypriot village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 8 km west of Ayios Photios. A settlement between Choulou and Letymvou, Kourdaka is a rare case of a community that has overcome desertion and abandonment, and instead, it has gained new life since 2012 with newcomers who have chosen to live in the area.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Kourtaka
Settlement.other_name: Kurtağa
Settlement.native_name: Κούρτακα
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: Imperial Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001
Settlement.population_total: 0
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Κούρτακα
Population: 33
Area: 1.568510
Elevation: 380

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native label: Κούρτακα
Commons category: Kourtaka
postal code: 8544

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Historically, this small mountain village of Pafos, under the Frankish and Venetian domination, was a royal fief that changed hands, was gifted or leased among royal families and feudal lords of the time. Although it was mainly a Greek village, during the Ottoman domination, and more specifically in the 17th-18th century, its population changed its faith and were turned into Muslims, something confirmed by censuses during the British domination of the island.