Paphos District is one of the six
districts of CyprusCyprus is divided into six districts , whose capitals share the same name:*Famagusta - Αμμόχωστος, Gazimağusa*Kyrenia - Κερύνεια, Kyrenia*Larnaca - Λάρνακα, Larnaka*Limassol - Λεμεσός, Limasol...
and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is
PaphosPaphos Paphos Paphos (Paphos is usually written Paphos, Pafos or Paphus in English, Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Latin: Paphus, and for a time, Augusta; Turkish...
. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of
CyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean, south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon....
. There are four municipalities in Paphos District:
PaphosPaphos Paphos Paphos (Paphos is usually written Paphos, Pafos or Paphus in English, Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Latin: Paphus, and for a time, Augusta; Turkish...
,
YeroskipouYeroskipou is a coastal town east of Paphos. Its current population is about 7,000 and it is the second biggest municipality in the Paphos District...
, Peyia, and
Polis ChrysochousPolis is a small town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of Chrysochous Bay, and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula nature reserve...
.
The area of the district is 1,393 km.², which constitutes the 15.1% of the total area of the island, and the population in 2007 was 76,100.
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Paphos District is one of the six
districts of CyprusCyprus is divided into six districts , whose capitals share the same name:*Famagusta - Αμμόχωστος, Gazimağusa*Kyrenia - Κερύνεια, Kyrenia*Larnaca - Λάρνακα, Larnaka*Limassol - Λεμεσός, Limasol...
and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is
PaphosPaphos Paphos Paphos (Paphos is usually written Paphos, Pafos or Paphus in English, Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Latin: Paphus, and for a time, Augusta; Turkish...
. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of
CyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean, south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon....
. There are four municipalities in Paphos District:
PaphosPaphos Paphos Paphos (Paphos is usually written Paphos, Pafos or Paphus in English, Ancient Greek: ; Modern Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Latin: Paphus, and for a time, Augusta; Turkish...
,
YeroskipouYeroskipou is a coastal town east of Paphos. Its current population is about 7,000 and it is the second biggest municipality in the Paphos District...
, Peyia, and
Polis ChrysochousPolis is a small town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of Chrysochous Bay, and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula nature reserve...
.
The area of the district is 1,393 km.², which constitutes the 15.1% of the total area of the island, and the population in 2007 was 76,100. Its coastal area is characterized by gulfs and coves, capes and points, beaches and tiny isles. The district can be divided into three morphological regions: the coastal plain, lying mainly below 200 metres, the hilly area extending from plain up to the igneous rocks of Paphos forest and the mountainous region, lying mainly on the igneous rocks of the Paphos forest. North-west of the District is the
AkamasAkamas , is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres. Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits [a mountain range] rising towards the north...
peninsula.