Akoursos ( gr, Ακουρσός) is a village in the
Paphos District
Paphos District ( el, Επαρχία Πάφου, tr, Baf kazası) is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and Capital (political), capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlle ...
of
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
, located 3 km south of
Kathikas. 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 referred to as Turkish of Turkey (''Türkiye Türkçesi''), is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around 80 to 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant sma ...
(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
Kathikas.
References
{{Paphos District
Communities in Paphos District