Alektora

Alektora Αλέκτορα Gökağaç
Basic data
State :	Cyprus
District :	Limassol
Geographic coordinates :	34 ° 43 '  N , 32 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 43 '  N , 32 ° 41'  E
Height above d. M .:	236  m
Surface:	18.6796 km²
Residents :	64 (2011)
LAU-1 code no .:	CY-02
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Alektora ( Greek Αλέκτορα , Turkish Gökağaç ) is a municipality in the district of Limassol in Cyprus . At the 2011 census it had 64 inhabitants.

Location and surroundings

Location in the Limassol district

Alektora is located in the southwest of the island of Cyprus at an altitude of 236 meters, about 78 km southwest of the capital Nicosia , 29 km west of Limassol and 23 km southeast of Paphos .

The place is about 6 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast in the coastal hinterland. The Paphos district begins to the west of the municipality .

Places in the area are Archimandrita in the Paphos district in the north, Anoyra in the northeast, Platanistia and Agios Thomas in the east, Pissouri in the southeast and again in the Paphos Kouklia district in the southwest and Souskio and Fasoula in the west.

history

The village was mainly inhabited by Cypriot Turks until the northern part was occupied by Turkish troops in the course of the Cyprus conflict . In 1964 the village took in some Cypriot Turkish refugees from Gerovasa and Malia . The residents initially fled to the British area of ​​Akrotiri and were almost completely resettled in Pentagia in Northern Cyprus from January 1975 .

Population development

year	1831	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1946	1960	1973	1976	1982	2001	2011
Residents	58	216	238	311	355	363	354	349	490	116	150	78	64
including Cyprus-Greeks from 1976 possibly also other nations	-	6th	4th	24	17th	12	20th	-	-	116	150	78	k. A.
Source: 1831-2001, 2011

Web links

Commons : Alektora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alektora at cyprusalive.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Statistical Service> Population - Place of Residence, 2011. cystat.gov.cy, accessed May 5, 2019 .  (Download)
2. ↑ ^{a b} ALEKTORA , prio-cyprus-displacement.net, accessed on May 5, 2019 (English)