Analiontas (Greek: Αναλιόντας; lit. 'upper lion') is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located south of Pera Orinis. The government of Analiontas has attributed both its own name, as well as that of the now-abandoned nearby village of Kataliontas, to the age of Venetian Cyprus during the 16th century, but maps from the time labeled Analiontas as Anolido. Analiontas is populated by Greek Cypriots; there was previously a minority of Turkish Cypriots, with the 1946 census recording 35 Turks and 172 Greeks, but they were evicted from the village in 1958 during the Cypriot intercommunal violence.[2]
Analiontas Αναλιόντας | |
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village | |
  Analiontas Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°0′24″N 33°17′23″E / 35.00667°N 33.28972°E | |
| Country |  Cyprus |
| District | Nicosia District |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 300 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |