Diorios

Diorios
Village
Διόριος (Greek) Tepebaşı (Turkish)
Diorios
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°18′20″N 33°3′15″E / 35.30556°N 33.05417°E / 35.30556; 33.05417
Country (de jure) Cyprus
  DistrictKyrenia District
Country (de facto) Northern Cyprus
  DistrictGirne District
Population
 (2011)
  Total
774
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Diorios or Dhiorios (Greek: Διόριος, Turkish: Tepebaşı) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, 2 km west of Myrtou. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Diorios is the second largest administrative area in the district of Kyrenia. Its administrative limits reach to the southern Nicosia-Kyrenia border. Most of the administrative area of the village is covered by dense pine forest, while in other areas sparsely vegetated land allows for the cultivation of cereals and carob and olive trees. The surrounding forest occupies an area of 8,400 acres, or 1,124.4 hectares. The village itself covers an area of 27,587 acres, or 36.9 square miles.