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Nicosia, [b] also known as Lefkosia [c] and Lefkoşa, [d] is the capital and largest city of Cyprus.It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities.. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 4,500 years and has been the capital of Cyprus since the 10th century.
This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...
Eleftheria Square (Greek: Πλατεία Ελευθερίας; Turkish: Eleftheria Meydanı, Özgürlük Meydanı); literally meaning Liberty Square, is the main square in central Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, in Europe.
Originally named Government House, the building was renamed the Presidential Palace after Cyprus gained independence from British rule in 1960. [1] It suffered fire damage by the Cypriot National Guard and EOKA-B during the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état , and was rebuilt by the Public Works Department and Philippou Brothers in 1977.
Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British-controlled military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone.
Cyprus [f] (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
Cyprus: Asia Nicosia is a divided capital, split between Cyprus, which claims the whole city, and the internationally unrecognized breakaway state of Northern Cyprus. Northern Cyprus: Nouakchott Mauritania: Africa: Nouméa: New Caledonia: Oceania: Overseas territory of France. Nukuʻalofa Tonga: Nuuk Greenland: North America
The flag of Nicosia. The emblem and flag of Nicosia were established between 1971, and 1974. Due to the division of the city in the Cyprus dispute between the Republic of Cyprus, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the emblem and the flag are used only in the portion of the city controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.