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The total population of Cyprus as of the end of 2006 was slightly over 1 million, comprising 789,300 in the territory controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus [5] and 294,406 in the northern areas of Cyprus. The population of the northern areas of Cyprus has increased following the immigration of 150,000–160,000 Turkish ...
A political and administrative history of Cyprus, 1918-1926: with a survey of the foundations of British rule (Cyprus Research Centre, 1979). Hakki, Murat Metin. The Cyprus issue: a documentary history, 1878-2007 (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007). Heraclidou, Antigone. "Politics of education and language in Cyprus and Malta during the inter-war years."
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.
Socio-cultural continuity with the previous period and increase of settlements on the island. The chalcolithic population of Cyprus continues to use stone, but now in combination with copper for objects like chisels, hooks and jewellery. Female fertility and cruciform figurines, as well as Red-on-White pottery, predominate.
The Government of Northern Cyprus estimates that the 1983 population of Northern Cyprus was 155,521. [146] Estimates by the government of the Republic of Cyprus from 2001 place the population at 200,000, of which 80–89,000 are Turkish Cypriots and 109,000–117,000 are designated as Turkish settlers by the Republic of Cyprus. [147]
The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion (I.B. Tauris, 1999). Plumer, Aytug. Cyprus, 1963–64: The Fateful Years (Cyrep (Lefkosa), 2003) Rappas, Alexis. Cyprus in the 1930s: British Colonial Rule and the Roots of the Cyprus Conflict (IB Tauris, 2014). Richter, Heinz. A Concise History of Modern Cyprus 1878–2009 ...
Repeated outbreaks prevented population recovery into the fifteenth century. [11] In the 14th century it was common for Cypriot nobility to receive their education in Constantinople. [12] Cyprus during this period had a vibrant court culture, in which popular pastimes of the day were practised in a similar fashion to other European Christian ...
Limassol is the second-largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population of 195,139 [2] and a district population of 262,238. [2] The Limassol municipality is the most populated in Cyprus, with a population of 108,105, followed by Strovolos in Nicosia. [4] Limassol was built between two ancient Greek cities, Amathus and Kourion.