Vatili
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 Aerial view of Vatili | |
  Vatili | |
| Coordinates: 35°08′02″N 33°39′19″E / 35.13389°N 33.65528°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Cyprus |
| • District | Famagusta District |
| Country (de facto) |  Northern Cyprus[1] |
| • District | Gazimağusa District |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,129 |
| • Municipality | 2,390 |
| Website | Turkish-Cypriot municipality |
Vatili (Greek: Βατυλή; Turkish: Vadili) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near Lysi. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.
During the British era, in the middle 1940s, a significant livestock station was built in Vatili by the authorities.[3] In 1973, Vatili had 3,161 inhabitants; of those, 72% were Greek Cypriots and 28% Turkish Cypriots. Fearing a retaliation by the Turks for the mistreatment of Turkish Cypriots by Greek Cypriots before 1974, the Greek Cypriots of Vatili fled to the south of the island during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Today, the village is also inhabited by displaced Turkish Cypriots from the south and Turkish settlers.[4] As of 2011[update], its population was 2,129.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013.
- ^ Christou, Eleni. "Κρατικός Κτηνοτροφικός Σταθμός (Βατιλή)". foodmuseum.cs.ucy.ac.cy (in Greek). Cyprus Food Virtual Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "VATILI". Internal displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 19 November 2014.