Kellia (Cyprus)

Kellia Κελλιά Yıldırım
Basic data
State :	Cyprus
District :	Larnaka
Geographic coordinates :	34 ° 59 ′  N , 33 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 59 ′  N , 33 ° 37 ′  E
Height above d. M .:	39  m
Surface:	12.755 km²
Residents :	387 (2011)
LAU-1 code no .:	CY-03

Kellia ( Greek Κελλιά , Turkish Yıldırım ) is a town in the district of Larnaca in Cyprus . At the last official census in 2011, the place had 387 inhabitants.

From 1959 until after the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus in 1975, the place was mainly inhabited by Cypriot Turks . They had to leave Kellia after the occupation and move to the north. From 1976 onwards, Greek Cypriot refugees settled in the village .

location

Location of the municipality in the Larnaka district

Kellia is located in the southeast of the island of Cyprus at an altitude of 39 meters, about 31 km southeast of the capital Nicosia , 5 km north of Larnaka and 60 km northeast of Limassol .

The place is about 3.5 km from the Mediterranean Sea in the coastal hinterland of Larnaka Bay . The buffer zone to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus begins to the north and the British military base Dhekelia lies a few kilometers to the east . The city of Larnaka connects to the south. On the south side of the village, Highway 3 runs from Larnaca Airport to Agia Napa in the east.

Places in the vicinity are Troulloi in the north, Oroklini in the east, Livadia and Larnaka in the south, Aradippou in the south-west and Avdellero in the north-west.

Web links

Commons : Kellia, Cyprus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• more information on cyprusalive.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Statistical Service. cystat.gov.cy, accessed March 24, 2019 .  (Download)
2. ↑ cyprusalive.com : Kellia . Accessed March 28, 2019