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Nicosia District

Coordinates: 35°04′N 33°12′E / 35.067°N 33.200°E / 35.067; 33.200
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For the district of Northern Cyprus, see Lefkoşa District.
Map of Cyprus showing Nicosia district (bright red).

Nicosia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

TRNC-controlled areas of the Larnaca District of the Republic of Cyprus are administered as part of Nicosia District, while western parts of the Nicosia District under TRNC control are administered as part of the new Güzelyurt District.[1]


History

During Ottoman Turkish rule, Nicosia was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. The Caza of Nicosia was divided into four nahiehs. The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained. A British officer styled a Commissioner (later District Officer) was appointed for the caza of Nicosia, while the Turkish Kaimakan was initially retained with certain of his functions. [2] [3]

The Nahiehs of the Caza of Nicosia were [4] :

  • Lefka
  • Morphou
  • Dagh
  • Deyermenlik

The town of Nicosia, previously separate, came under the Nahieh of Deyermenlik in the Brtish period.

Settlements

References

  1. ^ KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013
  2. ^ Our Home in Cyprus, by Mrs. Scott-Stevenson, publ. Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1880; p. 73
  3. ^ Report by Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Year 1879, Accounts and papers. Great Britain. Parliament. Session 1880. publ. by House of Commons, London, 2006
  4. ^ Census of Cyprus 1881, pr. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1884


35°04′N 33°12′E / 35.067°N 33.200°E / 35.067; 33.200


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