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English: Peristerona

Peristerona is a purely Greek community of the occupied part of the District of Ammochostos. Along with Pigi it forms Peristeronopigi.

Geographical Location: It lies 21 klm Northwest of the town of Ammochostos.

Population: The population of this community in 1960 numbered 571 all Greek.

Schools: The greek Primary School that operated here before the Turkish Invasion of 1974 had during the 1973-74 school year 251 students.

Effects of Turkish Invasion: During the Turkish Invasion of 1974 the community was taken over by the Turkish army and as a result the whole of its Greek population was displaced. Since then, the Turkish occupation forces and the illegal occupation authority prohibit their return.

From: kypros.org/Occupied_Villages/amm1-gee.html
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Author George M. Groutas
Camera location35° 13′ 25.6″ N, 33° 45′ 14.23″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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