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Pyrgos (Cyprus)
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Pyrgos is officially composed of two villages, the larger Kato Pyrgos and the smaller Pano Pyrgos (Πάνω Πύργος). Together they have around 3000 inhabitants. Pyrgos is the only Cypriot
town located on the Morphou Bay
controlled by the Greek-Cypriot government. Due to its location, being surrounded by the Troödos Mountains
, the Turkish controlled exclave
of Kokkina
, and the Green Line, it is rather isolated and difficult to reach and gets significant numbers of visitors only in August during summer vacation
.
A Green Line crossing point is planned near Kato Pyrgos to facilitate travel from there to Nicosia
, but these plans have been put off for the time being.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
town located on the Morphou Bay
Morphou Bay
Morphou Bay , is a part of the Mediterranean Sea, located on the North Western side of the island of Cyprus. It is named after the nearby inland town of Morphou . The bay forms the westernmost seaboard of the break-away Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which claims the bay as its own...
controlled by the Greek-Cypriot government. Due to its location, being surrounded by the Troödos Mountains
Troodos Mountains
Troodos is the biggest mountain range of Cyprus, located in the center of the island. Troodos' highest peak is Mount Olympus at 1,952 metres.The Troodos mountain range stretches across most of the western side of Cyprus...
, the Turkish controlled exclave
Enclave and exclave
In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory.An exclave, on the other hand, is a territory legally or politically attached to another territory with which it is not physically contiguous.These are two...
of Kokkina
Kokkina exclave
Kokkina is an exclave of the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It was one of the Turkish Cypriot enclaves prior to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. It is hemmed in on three sides by mountainous territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus with the...
, and the Green Line, it is rather isolated and difficult to reach and gets significant numbers of visitors only in August during summer vacation
Summer vacation
Summer vacation is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students and instructors are off school typically between 6 and 12 weeks, depending on the country and district.-Students:In some countries, students participate in programs such as organized sports, summer camps, and...
.
A Green Line crossing point is planned near Kato Pyrgos to facilitate travel from there to Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
, but these plans have been put off for the time being.