Kalavasos
Village in Larnaca District, Cyprus
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Kalavasos (Greek: Καλαβασός; Turkish: Kalavason) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 6 km north of Zygi, on the river Vasilikos. In its vicinity, there are copper mines.
Kalavasos
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village | |
  Kalavasos Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 34°46′19″N 33°17′45″E | |
| Country |  Cyprus |
| District | Larnaca District |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 737 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | http://www.kalavasos.org/ |
The name is reputed to mean beautiful (καλά) wooded valley (βάσσα) in old Greek.[2]
History
Kalavasos has been a settlement since the New Stone Age.[3] The Tenta archaeological site is located in Kalavasos.[4]
Between 1938-1978 the Hellenic Mining Company railway ran through Kalavasos, taking copper and other minerals from the Kalavasos mines to a port at Vasiliko
Gallery
A street in Kalavasos.
The Kalavasos-Tenta archaeologic site, located 4 km south of Kalavasos.
