Kyrenia
Kyrenia (Greek: Κερύνεια, Turkis: Girne) is a toun on the northren coast o Cyprus, notit for its historic harbour an castle. Internaitionally recognised as pairt o the Republic o Cyprus, Kyrenia haes been unner Turkis control syne the Turkis invasion o Cyprus in 1974. Ance predominantly inhabitit bi Greek Cypriots, Kyrenia's population consists nou lairgely o Turkis Cypriots an settlers frae Turkey.
Kyrenia | |
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Ceety | |
Κερύνεια (Greek) Girne (Turkis) | |
Coordinates: 35°20′25″N 33°19′09″E / 35.34028°N 33.31917°E | |
Kintra | De jure Cyprus De facto Northren Cyprus |
eistrict | De jure Kyrenia Destrict De facto Girne Destrict |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | De jure Maria Ioannou De facto Sümer Aygın |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 62,504 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
References
eeditFreemit airtins
eedit- Kyrenia municipality
- Kyrenia.EU
- Where is Kyrenia Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine