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Amathus

Western Asia

Amathus was one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC, situated on the island southern coast near Agios Tychonas, roughly six miles east of Limassol. Its cult sanctuary of Aphrodite ranked as the second most important sanctuary to the goddess on Cyprus, after the sanctuary at Paphos.

Facts
Elevation (m)
35 1
Latitude
34.7125 degrees north 1
Longitude
33.1419 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Amathus (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 34.7125, longitude 33.1419
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 35 m
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 34.7125,33.1419
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 45.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 33.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 33.25
34.75 33.25 BSh
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4. GeoNames: Ágios Týchon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 146692, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.54 km)
Quote, cities500 record 146692, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.54 km)
34.72606 33.13872 P PPL CY 03 2204 96 Asia/Nicosia
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Wikidata: Amathus
Wikidata Q2343313, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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