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Louroujina
Country Cyprus
 • DistrictNicosia District
Country (controlled by) Northern Cyprus
 • DistrictLefkoşa District
Government
 • MayorHasan Barbaros
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
390
WebsiteTurkish Cypriot municipality

Louroujina (Template:Lang-el [locally [luɾuˈt͡ʃina]]; Template:Lang-tr, previously [Lurucina] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) or [Luricina] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a village in Cyprus, located within the salient that marks the southernmost extent of Northern Cyprus. It was one of the largest Turkish Cypriot villages in Cyprus before the division of the island. In 1974, Louroujina was secured so as to be placed within a contiguous Turkish Cypriot zone, which later became Northern Cyprus. The United Nations Buffer Zone separates the Louroujina salient from the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. The only road into Louroujina is through the Turkish military camp in Pyroi.[2]

Till 1958, Louroujina was inhabited by Turkish Cypriot majority with small Greek Cypriot minority.[3] The Greek Cypriots, who numbered about 100, fled the village during the Emergency years and there remained no Greek Cypriot by 1958. By 1973, 1,963 Turkish Cypriots were living in Louroujina. After the hostilities [4][5] and the division of the island in 1974, the majority moved to nearby villages and the population decreased to below 500.[6] Louroujina had a population of 390.[1]

According to legend, Louroujina is so named because it was founded by a woman named "Lorenziya".[7] In 1958, it was renamed [Akıncılar] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) in Turkish, meaning "Ottoman raiders".[2] The new name is said to have been inspired by an inter-communal clash between Greek Cypriots and Louroujina Turkish Cypriots, who outnumbered the former, at Pyroi. In their flight, the Greek Cypriots shouted, "the Turkish Cypriots from Louroujina are flooding in" (in Turkish: [Luricina'lılar akın akın geliyor] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)).[7]

The Turkish Cypriot fighters in Louroujina saved the lives of Turkish Cypriots in Gaziler (Pyroi) in 1958 and the lives of those in Arpalik in 1963 against Greek Cypriot attacks.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. p. 17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "LOUROUJINA". Internal Displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ Louroujina MunicipalityHistory
  4. ^ UN official website UNFICYP Mandate
  5. ^ CIA World FactbookTransnational Issues::CYPRUS; Disputes - international
  6. ^ Louroujina MunicipalityHistory-2
  7. ^ a b "Akıncılar Hakkında". Akıncılar Belediyesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ^ Louroujina MunicipalityHistory-4


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