Limnitis

Limnitis
Limnitis is located in Cyprus
Limnitis
Limnitis
Coordinates: 35°10′02″N 32°44′17″E / 35.16722°N 32.73806°E / 35.16722; 32.73806
Country (de jure) Cyprus
 • DistrictNicosia District
Country (de facto) Northern Cyprus[1]
 • DistrictLefke District
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total458
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Limnitis (Greek: Λιμνίτης; Turkish: Yeşilırmak) is a coastal village in the Tylliria region of north-western Cyprus. The upper parts of the village are located 20 metres above sea level, but Limnitis extends all the way down to the beach.

Limnitis is under the de jure control of the Republic of Cyprus and is a quarter of Xerovounos.;[3] it is under the de facto control of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, whose sovereignty is recognised only by Turkey.

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL CODES OF MUNICIPALITIES/COMMUNITIES AND QUARTERS OF CYPRUS, 2015". Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus. Archived from the original on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-04.