Androlykou (Greek: 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]
References
- ^ Census 2001
- ^ a b PRIO Cyprus web site http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=480 retrieved Sept 2018
- ^ Census of Cyprus 1881, pr. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1884
- ^ "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Androlykou - Cyprus". Cyprus. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Forecast for Androlykou". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Androlíkou". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
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