Kontea

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Kontea
Κοντέα (Greek) Türkmenköy (Turkish)
Kontea
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°6′12″N 33°42′58″E / 35.10333°N 33.71611°E / 35.10333; 33.71611Coordinates: 35°6′12″N 33°42′58″E / 35.10333°N 33.71611°E / 35.10333; 33.71611
Country  Cyprus
District Famagusta District
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Kontea (Greek: Κοντέα, Turkish: Türkmenköy) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Lysi. The name of the village originates in the era of Venetian rule in Cyprus and it originally means "county" in Italian (full historical appellation: Contea di Famagosta).

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