Agios Sergios
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Agios Sergios Άγιος Σέργιος Yeni Boğaziçi |
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| State : |
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (de facto)
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| District : |
 Famagusta Gazimağusa
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| Geographic coordinates : | 35 ° 12 ' N , 33 ° 53' E | ||
| Residents : | 3347 (2011) | ||
| LAU-1 code no .: | CY-04 | ||
| Mayor : | Kayip Demir | ||
| Website: | www.yenibogazicibelediyesi.org | ||
Agios Sergios , Greek Άγιος Σέργιος (Saint Sergius), Turkish Yeni Boğaziçi (New Bosporus) is a larger village on the east coast of Cyprus and is located in the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus .
history
In 1946, 1,790 people lived in Agios Sergios. Of these, only 82 people were Turkish Cypriot and the rest were Greek Cypriot. In 1958, all Turkish Cypriot residents fled to Famagusta . There were 2,040 people living in Agios Sergios in 1973 before some of the former Turkish Cypriot residents and people from Istanbul and Trabzon came back to Agios Sergios.
Economy and Infrastructure
The main source of income in Agios Sergios is tourism . Many hotels have settled along the long coastline . The national forest area Salamis Ormanı is located between the actual place and the coast.
The place can be reached by car via several roads. The largest street is the Salamis Yolu, which leads from Famagusta to the northeast of the country. The Ercan Airport is about 50 kilometers away by car. From there only destinations in Turkey are served. International airports are located only in the southern half - the Republic of Cyprus .
Town twinning
The following two city partnerships currently exist:
Agios Sergios is the first place in Cyprus to be part of Cittàslow .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20ikinci_.pdf : KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] . Ed .: Devplan. August 6, 2013.
- ↑ PRIO. In: www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
- ^ Altinova. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 20, 2013 (Turkish). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bakü-İstanbul-KKTC 'yerel yönetim' hattı. Zabrat, accessed October 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Network | Cittaslow International. In: www.cittaslow.org. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
