Agios Thomas ( el, Άγιος Θωμάς; tr, Mersinli) is a village in the
Limassol District of
Cyprus, located 5 km northwest of
Avdimou
Avdimou ( el, Αυδήμου, tr, Evdim or ''Düzkaya'') is a small village on the south coast of Cyprus, lying partly within the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Up to 1974 it was inhabited by a majority of Turkish-Cypriots, ...
.
Until 1974, Agios Thomas had an exclusively
Turkish Cypriot population. In July 1974, the village's inhabitants fled to
Akrotiri. They were transported to
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...
via Turkey in January 1975, and most of them resettled in
Kontea.
References
Communities in Limassol District
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