Cyprus

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 Cyprus - Κύπρος

 is the largest
island in the east
Mediterranean
Sea
 covers an area of
9.251 square
kilometres.
 Cyprus
The myth of the birth of the goddess of beauty,
Aphrodite, emerging through the foam of the sea
waves, can be compared to the geological birth of
Cyprus, in that the island rose from the ocean. The
nucleus of this phenomenal is the mountain range of
Troodos, which is 92 million years old.
Troodos, Cyprus’s
tallest mountain
first rose from the
sea and then the
rest of the island
followed.
Population

 The population of Cyprus is 800.000

of whom 80% are Greek Cypriots,
11%Turkish Cypriots and the 9%
foreigners residing in Cyprus

 Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus with

population of 310.000 residents.
 Nicosia
 Nicosia (Lefkosia),
the capital of Cyprus,
is situated at the
centre of the island.

 The Turkish invasion

in 1974 and the
occupation of nearly
37% of the territory
of Cyprus divided
Nicosia in two.
Cyprus the island of Aphrodite

Occupied Part (37 %) of

Cyprus By Turkish in
1974
Paphos