Akoursos () is a village in the

Paphos District The Paphos District, or simply Paphos (also Pafos), is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognis ...

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, located 3 km south of

Kathikas Kathikas (Greek: Κάθηκας) is one of the Laona villages in the Paphos District The Paphos District, or simply Paphos (also Pafos), is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and ...

. Akoursos is located at 410 metres above sea level. It receives approximately 650 mm of rainfall annually.

Naming

The name of the village means the “running water” in the

Turkish language Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languag ...

(Akarsu), and is a product of paraphrasing by the locals in 1958.

Places Nearby

Finally, Akoursos is bordered by the tourist town of Pegia and the village of

References

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