Ormideia (, , ), sometimes also spelled ''Ormidhia'', is a village in
Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus. It is one of the four
exclaves surrounded by the
Eastern Sovereign Base Area of
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. The area ...
, a
British Overseas Territory
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...
administered as a
Sovereign Base Area. The others are the village of
Xylotymbou and two separate parts of
Dhekelia Power Station. It is administered by the
Republic of Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 4,189.
Archaeological objects found in the village are displayed at various museums. A
stele with the "syllabic funerary inscription ''Panroses''" is on display at the
Larnaca District Archaeological Museum.
References
Communities in Larnaca District
Enclaves and exclaves
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