Gerolakkos
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Gerolakkos
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Coordinates: 35°11′N 33°15′E / 35.183°N 33.250°E | |
Country (de jure) | Cyprus |
• District | Nicosia District |
Country (de facto) | Northern Cyprus[1] |
• District | Lefkoşa District |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 2,777 |
• Municipality | 3,884 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | Turkish Cypriot municipality |
Gerolakkos (Greek: Γερόλακκος; Turkish: Alayköy) is a village near Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. It is immediately north of the Green Line. Nicosia International Airport (now defunct) is located about 2 km to its south-east. De facto, Gerolakkos is under the control of Northern Cyprus.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-06.