Lapathos, Cyprus

Lapathos
Lapathos is located in Cyprus
Lapathos
Lapathos
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°16′7″N 33°49′30″E / 35.26861°N 33.82500°E / 35.26861; 33.82500
Country (de jure) Cyprus
 • DistrictFamagusta District
Country (de facto) Northern Cyprus[1]
 • Districtİskele District
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
514

Lapathos (Greek: (το) Λάπαθος; Turkish: Boğaziçi "Bosphorus" or Lapatos) is a small village in Cyprus, between Lefkoniko and Trikomo. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

Before 1974, Lapathos was inhabited both by Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. In 1973, the population of Lapathos was an estimated 661: 435 Greek and 228 Turkish Cypriots. All Greek Cypriots were displaced the following year. Sometime later, Turkish nationals from Çarşamba were settled in Lapathos.[3] As of 2011, it had a population of 514.

  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). Northern Cyprus State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
  3. ^ "LAPATHOS". Internal Displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 14 January 2015.