Androlykou Explained

Official Name:Androlykou
Other Name:Gündoğdu
Native Name:Ανδρολύκου
Pushpin Map:Cyprus
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cyprus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cyprus
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Paphos District
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial Metric
Population As Of:2001
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:34.9978°N 32.3814°W
Elevation M:310
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:6355

Androlykou (Ανδρολύκου,Turkish: Gündoğdu) is a Turkish Cypriot village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 5 km southwest of Polis Chrysochous.

It is currently mostly empty, but before invasion it had a population of 498.[2] At the first British census in 1881 it had a population of 255.[3]

In October 1974 most men of fighting age were arrested and sent to the Geroskipou POW camp, while other villagers left secretly to the Turkish controlled area. 248 people remaining in the village were escorted by UNFICYP in August 1975 to the Turkish sector. Apart from one Turkish Cypriot married to a Greek Cypriot woman, the whole village was evacuated. They were mainly resettled in Myrtou.[2]

Topography

Androlykou or Androlikou is located 310 m above sea level.[4]

Transportation

The village of Androlykou is situated about 8 kilometers southeast of Polis Chrysochous and almost 9 kilometers south of the port of Latsiou and is within short distance from the Neo Chorio Paphou of the homonymous province of Cyprus.[5] [6]

Nearby

Androlíkou, Paphos district is south of Poulliokampos and northwest of Laomilia.[7]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/A5E0A9096615A568C2257122003FB72E/$file/POPULATION%20BY%20MUNICIPALITY_COMMUNITY-EN.xls?OpenElement Census 2001
  2. PRIO Cyprus web site http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=480 retrieved Sept 2018
  3. Census of Cyprus 1881, pr. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1884
  4. Web site: GeoNames.org. www.geonames.org. 2019-07-16.
  5. Web site: Androlykou - Cyprus. Cyprus. en-US. 2019-07-16.
  6. Web site: Forecast for Androlykou. yr.no. en-gb. 2019-07-16.
  7. Web site: Androlíkou. Mapcarta. en. 2019-07-16.