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Kritou Terra

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<!-- Basic info ---------------->	official_name	Kritou Terra
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native_name	Κρήτου Τέρρα
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image_skyline	Agia Ekaterini (Kritou Terra) (01).jpg
image_caption	Church of Agia Ekaterini
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pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Cyprus
<!-- Location ------------------>	subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Cyprus
subdivision_type1	District
subdivision_name1	Paphos District
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Polis Chrysochous Municipality
government_type	Community council
established_title
established_date
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
area_metro_km2
population_as_of	2011
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population_total	86
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timezone	EET
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elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	455
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postal_code_type	Postal code
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website

Kritou Terra ( []; ) is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Dhrousha. Kritou Terra is located 479 m above sea level. It receives 630 mm of rainfall annually. Situated in the area of Laona, as the wider area is called and in a landscape surrounded by high mountain peaks and to the north overlooking the Chrysochou Gulf, Kritou Terra is built at an altitude of 465 meters, is one of the ampelochoria (wine-producing villages of Cyprus) of the island and is considered one of the most beautiful and picturesque villages of the province. It has fantastic climatic conditions and because it is located by the third biggest spring in Cyprus it is green all year round.

Climate

The climate is mild, and generally warm and temperate. There is more rainfall in the winter than in the summer in Kritou Terra. The annual rainfall is 630 mm. The climate here is classified as Csa by the Köppen-Geiger system. The average annual temperature in Kritou Terra is 17.2 °C.

Distances

Tsada 21 km
Paphos 29 km
Paphos Airport 45 km
Larnaca Airport 171 km

References

(2014-04-17). "Population - Place of Residence, 2011". Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus.
"GeoNames.org".
"Σύνδεσμος αποδήμων Κρήτου Τέρρας - ΚΡHΤΟΥ ΤΕΡΡΑ".
"Kritou Terra - Cyprus".
Browne, Bejay. (2014-11-16). "The penguins of Kritou Terra".
"Kritou Terra climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Kritou Terra weather averages - Climate-Data.org".
"Κρήτου Τέρρα / Kritou Terra - Kritou Terra".
"Kritou Terra".

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