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Peristeronopigi
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Peristeronopigi or Pigi–Peristerona () is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, south of Lefkoniko, in the Mesaoria plain. Historically, Peristeronopigi consisted of two continuous villages: Peristerona (meaning "pigeon nest") in the south and Pigi ("water well") in the north. Peristeronopigi is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 860.
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Vinony's link graph records 56 inbound references to Peristeronopigi, and connects out to Turkey, Cyprus and Greek.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Famagusta District.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Peristeronopigi
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iera Moni Ayiou Anastasiou Peristeronopigi.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The church in Peristeronopigi
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- y
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Famagusta District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Famagusta District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 860
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Part of
- Gazimağusa District
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Gazimağusa District
- Elevation
- 51
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Iera Moni Ayiou Anastasiou Peristeronopigi.jpg
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Peristeronopigi or Pigi–Peristerona () is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, south of Lefkoniko, in the Mesaoria plain. Historically, Peristeronopigi consisted of two continuous villages: Peristerona (meaning "pigeon nest") in the south and Pigi ("water well") in the north. Peristeronopigi is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 860.
==History== The village was recorded as early as the early 13th century in papal documents.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peristeronopigi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.