Arab Ahmet, Nicosia

Arab Ahmet
Άραπ Άχμετ, Arab Ahmet
Zahra Street along the city walls
Zahra Street along the city walls
Arab Ahmet is located in Cyprus
Arab Ahmet
Arab Ahmet
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°10′38″N 33°21′28″E / 35.17722°N 33.35778°E / 35.17722; 33.35778
Country Cyprus
 • DistrictNicosia District Municipality
Population
 (2011)[1][2]
 • Total3,550
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Arab Ahmet is a neighbourhood, quarter, mahalla or parish of Nicosia, Cyprus[1][3][4] and the mosque situated therein. Both the quarter and the mosque are named after Arab Ahmet Pasha, one of the Turkish commanders in the Ottoman conquest of Nicosia.[5] It is spelled Arabahmet in Turkish and Άραπ Άχμετ in Greek.

At the last census (2011) it had a population of 3,550.[1][2][6] It covers the historic Arab Ahmet neighbourhood in the west of Nicosia within the walls, plus an area west of that outside the walls up to the municipal boundary.[7]

The population in 1946 was 2,617[8] (576 Greek, 846 Turkish, 1195 other - mostly Armenian, some Latin community). Together with the nearby Karamanzade Neighbourhood, it was part of the predominantly Armenian area of Nicosia.

The neighbourhood outside the walls, is now delimited by the Dept. of Lands and Surveys[7] as follows: The boundary line passes from the point of the Quirini or Cephane (Jeb Khane) bastion to the roundabout just north of the bastion. Namely, the roundabout at the corner of the former site of the Turkish Cemetery,[9] now the site of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus.[10] From there the boundary continues along Bedrettin Demirel Avenue (Hilarion Avenue) for about a mile to the old municipal boundary. The boundary is then coterminous with the municipal border in a south-westerly direction until the vicinity of the Central Prison. From here the boundary passes south of the prison due east, via Norman St., thence along Dereboyu Avenue and Markos Drakos Ave. until the point of the Roccas bastion. This area includes the Ledra Palace Hotel, British High Commission, Central Prison and the Turkish Cypriot Assembly of the Republic.[11] Parts of the neighbourhood outside the walls in the north have been detached from the Arab Ahmet neighbourhood and are now considered parts of Köşklüçiftlik.

  1. ^ a b c "Census of Cyprus 2011". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Census organised by the Turkish Cypriots in the occupied area "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved October 2013
  3. ^ Coexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia by Ahmet An (Paper read at the conference: Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20 June 2011)
  4. ^ 6th edition of the publication "Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus" (publ. Statistical Service of Republic of Cyprus)
  5. ^ "A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus. Studies in the archaeology and architecture of the island" by George Jeffery, Nicosia 1918
  6. ^ Total - see details in this article
  7. ^ a b "Quarters of Nicosia" Prepared and published by the Dept. of Lands and Surveys, Cyprus, 1985, Revised 1997. Series DLS30. Scale 1:7500
  8. ^ Census of Cyprus, 1946
  9. ^ "Romantic Cyprus" by Kevork Keshishian, pub 1958, Nicosia. Attached map of Nicosia
  10. ^ Google Maps, retrieved Dec 2013
  11. ^ British American Tobacco archives retrieved from "21-page document: B.A.T (CYPRUS) Ltd I". Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014. Dec 2013