Loutros ( el, Λουτρός; tr, Bademliköy) is a small village located in the

Nicosia District Nicosia District (Greek: Eπαρχία Λευκωσίας) is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

, west of the town of

Karavostasi Karavostasi ( el, Καραβοστάσι; tr, Gemikonağı) is a town in Cyprus, north of Lefka. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Karavostasi is home to the port of Gemikonağı, which was historically used for exporting ...

. ''

De facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

'', it is under the control of

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 ...

. Loutros was originally inhabited by Greek Cypriots; they all fled during the 1974 Turkish invasion. The village was reinhabited in the late 1970s by Turkish Cypriots from

Xerovounos Xerovounos ( el, Ξερόβουνος; tr, Yukarı Yeşilırmak) is an abandoned village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, west of Karavostasi. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey K ...

, and a small number of Turks from Turkey and displaced Turkish Cypriots from Terra and Mandria.

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Communities in Nicosia District Populated places in Lefke District Greek Cypriot villages depopulated during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus {{Cyprus-geo-stub