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| 1 | Limassol District ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 290 Lat/Lng : 34.7667 / 32.9333 | Limassol District or Lemesos (; or ;) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. , it had a population of 239.842, 77% of which was urban. Its main city is Limassol. Part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia forms an enclave on the Akrotiri Peninsula, under the sovereignty of the (...) | |
| 2 | Nicosia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 160 Lat/Lng : 35.167 / 33.35 | Nicosia is the largest city on the island of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain, on the banks of the River Pedieos. Nicosia is the capital and seat of government of Cyprus, and as such is the farthest southeast of all EU member states' capitals (...) | |
| 3 | Cyprus ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 949 Lat/Lng : 34.9 / 32.9333 | Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of Egypt, and southeast of Greece (...) | |
| 4 | Larnaca ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 34.91 / 33.63 | Larnaca (; or) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and the capital of the eponymous district. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 144,200 in 2015 (...) | |
| 5 | Republic of Venice ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 45.5833 / 12.6833 | The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic , traditionally known as La Serenissima was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and the 18th century (...) | |
| 6 | Marseille ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 43.2963 / 5.3699 | Marseille (; , ; Marseilles;) is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (...) | |
| 7 | Nanjing ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 32.05 / 118.7667 | Nanjing (help=no), formerly romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region, with an administrative area of and a total population of 8,270,500 (...) | |
| 8 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 34.584 / 32.977 | The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA; , Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou kai Dekélias;), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as well as other land, were retained by the British under the (...) | |
| 9 | Limassol Salt Lake ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : -5 Lat/Lng : 34.6178 / 32.97 | Limassol Salt Lake (also known as Akrotiri Salt Lake) is the largest inland body of water on the island of Cyprus, in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom, an overseas territory. It lies due south-west of the sprawling city of Limassol and measures 10.65 km2. Its lowest point is 2 (...) | |
| 10 | RAF Akrotiri ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 34.5901 / 32.9894 | Royal Air Force Akrotiri or more simply RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area (...) | |
| 11 | Yuri Gagarin ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 160 Lat/Lng : 56.0466 / 39.0265 | Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961 (...) | |
| 12 | Aberdeen F.C. ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 57.1425 / -2.0889 | Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They compete in the Scottish Premiership and have never been relegated from the top division of the Scottish football league system since they were promoted in 1905, despite twice (...) | |
| 13 | Everton F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 53.4389 / -2.9664 | Everton Football Club is a football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club have competed in the top division for a record 116 seasons, missing the top division only four times (1930–31 and three consecutive seasons starting with (...) | |
| 14 | Linfield F.C. ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 54.5826 / -5.9552 | Linfield Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1886 as Linfield Athletic Club and in 1905 moved into their current home of Windsor Park, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland national team (...) | |
| 15 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 59.3294 / 18.0686 | The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the sixth Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which is the world's largest song contest for children.Quoted from the hosts It was held at the "Spyros Kyprianou" Athletic Centre in Lemesos, Cyprus and hosted by Alex Michael and Sophia Paraskeva (...) | |
| 16 | British Forces Broadcasting Service ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 51.5882 / -0.5533 | The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide. Editorial control is independent of the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces themselves (...) | |
| 17 | Church of Cyprus ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 164 Lat/Lng : 35.1683 / 33.3362 | The Church of Cyprus is one of the autocephalous Churches that together form the communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in 431 (...) | |
| 18 | 2012–13 IFA Premiership ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 54.6029 / -5.8913 | The 2012–13 IFA Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of Northern Ireland's national football league in this format since its inception in 2008, and the 112th season of Irish league football overall (...) | |
| 19 | Kantara Castle ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 585 Lat/Lng : 35.4064 / 33.9233 | Kantara Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements, became derelict in 1525 and was dismantled in 1560. (...) | |
| 20 | Agros, Cyprus ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 973 Lat/Lng : 34.9139 / 33.0208 | Agros is a village built on the Troödos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest Cyprus, which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres with a population of approximately 1,000 (...) | |
| 21 | Holy See of Cilicia ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 33.9183 / 35.5853 | The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia is a hierarchal see of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia has been headquartered in Antelias, Lebanon. Aram I is the Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1995. (...) | |
| 22 | Hellenic Force in Cyprus ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 187 Lat/Lng : 35.1542 / 33.3081 | The Hellenic (Greek) Force in Cyprus , commonly known in its abbreviated form as ELDYK or EL.DY.K. is the permanent, regiment-sized Greek military force stationed in the Republic of Cyprus. Its role is to help and support the Cypriot National Guard (...) | |
| 23 | HMS Exmoor (L08) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 34.2 / -13.5833 | The second HMS Exmoor (L08), ex-HMS Burton, was a destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1941 to 1945. She was a member of the second subgroup of the class, and saw service during much of World War II. She later served in the Royal Danish Navy as HDMS Valdemar Sejr (F 343). (...) | |
| 24 | Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 34.7281 / 33.2855 | On 11 July 2011, a large amount of ammunition and military explosives that had been stored outdoors for over two years at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base near Zygi, Cyprus, self-detonated, killing 13 people, including the Commander of the Navy, Andreas Ioannides, the base commander and six (...) | |
| 25 | Cyprus College of Art ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 87 Lat/Lng : 34.8102 / 32.4099 | The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus. It was founded in 1969 by the artist Stass Paraskos; the current director is the Cyprus-based artist Margaret Paraskos. (...) | |