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Agridaki (Greek: Αγριδάκι; Turkish: Alemdağ) is a village in Cyprus, located 1 km east of Larnakas tis Lapithou. Agridaki is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the village was inhabited by Greek Cypriots. They fled before the Turkish forces reached the village. Agridaki is now inhabited by Turkish Cypriots from Paphos District.
Agridaki | |
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village | |
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  Agridaki Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°18′25″N 33°9′7″E / 35.30694°N 33.15194°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Cyprus |
| • District | Kyrenia District |
| Country (de facto) |  Northern Cyprus[1] |
| • District | Girne District |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 86 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agios Charalampos
editThe village has a church dating back to 1908. Most of the church interior is now in ruins. In a corner, there is a small iconostasis dedicated to the saint of the church.
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Church in Agridaki -
Church interior -
Church interior -
Iconostasis in the corner -
View from clock tower
References
edit- ^ 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. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
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