Karavostasi

Karavostasi

Karavostasi

Place in Nicosia District, Cyprus

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.

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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]

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References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    "Lefke - Cyprus Mining Corporation (CMC)".
  4. [4]
    "Gemikonağı Limanı". TRNC Department of Ports. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. [5]
    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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