Androlykou (,) is a Turkish Cypriot 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 ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, located 5 km southwest of

Polis Chrysochous Polis (or Polis Chrysochous; or Πόλις Χρυσοχούς, ) is a town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of Chrysochous Bay, and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula nature reserve. Polis is served by the fishing ...

. It is currently mostly empty, but before invasion it had a population of 498.PRIO Cyprus web site http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=480 retrieved Sept 2018 At the first British census in 1881 it had a population of 255. 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 Myrtou (, ) is a town in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, north of the city of Morphou. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Name origin There are several traditions as to how the village got its name. One of them says that ...

Topography

Androlykou or Androlikou is located 310 m above sea level.

Transportation

The village of Androlykou is situated about 8 kilometers southeast of

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.

Nearby

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

References

{{Paphos District Communities in Paphos District