- For the whole city, North and South see: Nicosia. For the Italian town see: Nicosia.
( ), is the capital and largest city of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
. It is the northern half of Nicosia
, and governed by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality
. Located on the River Pedieos
and situated almost in the center of the island, it is the host for the seat of government as well as the main business center. North Nicosia is the largest municipality in Northern Cyprus.
Following the intercommunal violence
of the 1960s, the capital of Republic of Cyprus was divided between the island's Greek Cypriot
and Turkish Cypriot
communities in the south and north respectively. An attempted coup to unite the island with Greece in 1974 led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus
84,893 people live in North Nicosia.|88.8 KiB
Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı. North Nicosia is important commercially with many shops, two modern shopping malls, restaurants and entertainment. The city is a trade centre and manufactures textiles
, plastic, and other products. Nicosia is the seat of two Turkish Cypriot Universities.
Nicosia was a city-state
known as Ledra
in ancient times. The king of Ledra, Onasagoras
, was recorded as paying tribute to Esarhaddon
in 672 BC. Rebuilt by Lefkos, son of Ptolemy I
around 300 BC, Ledra in Hellenic and Roman times was a small, unimportant town, also known as Lefkothea
. By the time it received... Read More