Tala, Cyprus Explained

Tala
Pushpin Map:Cyprus
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:34.8361°N 32.4308°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cyprus
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Paphos District
Government Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Community Council President
Leader Name:Areti Pieridou
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2695
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Csa
Elevation Min M:150

Tala (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τάλα) is a large suburban village 6 km north of Paphos, Cyprus. Many non-Cypriots (mostly British) have moved here permanently or have a summer home in Tala. Agios Neophytos Monastery is 1 km north. Is located 290 meters above sea level. [3] [4] Tala receives an average annual rainfall of about 520 millimeters; grapevines (wine-making and table grape varieties), citrus fruits (orange trees, lemon trees), locust, olive, almond, and walnut trees, cereals, forage plants, vegetables, and a few banana trees are cultivated in the region. As far as stockbreeding is concerned, it is limited. [5] [6]

History

Tala is the ancestral village of the singer Cat Stevens. His father, Stavros Georgiou, was born here in 1900. Tala is the birthplace of Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, the former Archbishop of Cyprus.

In his book 'Historic Cyprus' (second edition 1947), Rupert Gunnis (at that time Inspector of Antiquities on the island) wrote:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community Council - Tala . . 2024-03-15 .
  2. Web site: Population - Place of Residence, 2011. Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT). 17 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016191920/http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/7F6BB26ED9D00A00C2257AD90055542A/$file/POP_CEN_11-POP_PLACE_RESID-EN-170414.xls?OpenElement. 16 October 2014.
  3. Web site: GeoNames.org. www.geonames.org. 2019-06-13.
  4. Web site: Forecast for Tála. yr.no. en-gb. 2019-06-13.
  5. Web site: Tala Village. 2017-03-15. Cyprus Island. en. 2019-06-13.
  6. Web site: General – Tala. en-US. 2019-06-13.