Avgorou is a village in southwestern Famagusta District

Famagusta District

Famagusta District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island's most important port, Famagusta. The city of Famagusta is currently controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ....

, Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

. It is located near the communities of Frenaros, Sotira

Sotira, Famagusta

Sotira is village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near the town of Famagusta. Sotira is a coastal village with a blue flag Ayia Thekla beach. Sotira is famous for its Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Christian Orthodox churches....

, Liopetri

Liopetri

Liopetri is a village in southern Famagusta District, Cyprus. It is close to the communities of Frenaros, Sotira, Avgorou and Xylofagou ....

 and Ormidia.

Avgorou village is one of the bigger villages in Famagusta area. Approximately 40 meters above sea level, near the district of Larnaka – Famagusta, and about 6 Km north from Xylofagou village. Avgorou is still connected with the old road to Nicosia and borders with the villages of Dasaki Axnas, Xylofagou, Ormidia and Liopetri.

The colour of the soil in Augorou is dark red and very fertile, making Avgorou one the main agriculture and animal farming areas in Famagusta. The most citizens of Avgorou cultivate a variety of potatoes, breadstuffs like barley, carrots, vegetables, locust trees, olive trees and some fruit trees.

The population of Avgorou is about 4,500 to 5,000 people from which 3,500 are locals and the others are refugees from the Turkish aggression in 1974.