Myrtou
Sign in to saveMyrtou (, ) is a town in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, north of the city of Morphou. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 62 inbound references to Myrtou, and connects out to Turkey, Cyprus and Greek.
It is catalogued under topics including Communities in Kyrenia District and Populated places in Girne District.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 2109h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Çamlıbel
- Region
- Keryneia
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Myrtou
- 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
- Kyrenia District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Girne District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 872
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Kyrenia District
- Official name
- Μύρτου
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Kyrenia District
- Population
- 710
- Area
- 14.8862
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Aquaduct Çamlıbel North Cyprus 03.JPG
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- Commons category
- Myrtou
- different from
- Mirto
- native label
- Μύρτου
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name origin
- Location
- Population
- Monastery of St. Panteleimon
- Military
- References
Myrtou (, ) is a town in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, north of the city of Morphou. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
== Name origin == There are several traditions as to how the village got its name. One of them says that the name comes from the plant Myrtos or Myrtia – myrtle. On the western side of the village there is a whole area full of myrtle as well as other plants and bushes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myrtou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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