Tymbou

Tymbou
Tymbou is located in Cyprus
Tymbou
Tymbou
Coordinates: 35°08′05″N 33°31′44″E / 35.13472°N 33.52889°E / 35.13472; 33.52889
Country (de jure) Cyprus
 • DistrictNicosia District
Country (de facto) Northern Cyprus[1]
 • DistrictLefkoşa District
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total384

Tymbou (Turkish: Kırklar) is a village in the central Mesaoria plain of Cyprus. Tymbou belongs to the Turkish Armed Forces and is under the control of Northern Cyprus. After 1960, the village was inhabited exclusively by Greek Cypriots; in 1973, they numbered 1,288.[3] The original population fled the village in 1974, following the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. As of 2011, Tymbou had a population of 384.

Ercan International Airport is located directly north of the village.

  1. ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
  2. ^ "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. p. 17.
  3. ^ "TYMBOU". Internal Displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 11 February 2015.