Karavostasi (Greek: Καραβοστάσι; Turkish: Gemikonağı) is a town in Cyprus, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Lefka. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
Karavostasi
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 The jetty at Karavostasi | |
  Karavostasi Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°8′11″N 32°50′2″E / 35.13639°N 32.83389°E | |
| Country (de jure) |  Cyprus |
| • District | Nicosia District |
| Country (de facto) |  Northern Cyprus[1] |
| • District | Lefke District |
| Government | |
| • Mukhtar | Ahmet Ced |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,075 |
Karavostasi is home to the port of Gemikonağı, which was historically used for exporting copper but is inactive since 1992.[3][4]
Before the conflict in Cyprus, Karavostasi had been a mixed village. Its name means "boat stop" in both Greek and Turkish.[5]
See also
editReferences
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Lefke - Cyprus Mining Corporation (CMC)".
- ^ "Gemikonağı Limanı". TRNC Department of Ports. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ Hardy, Sam. "Karavostasi (Gemikonagi), Cyprus". Then Dig! by the Architectural Research Facility of the University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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