Agia (; or ) is a village in the
Nicosia District
The Nicosia District, or simply Nicosia (also Lefkosia and Lefkoşa), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The de facto TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa ...
of
Cyprus
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, east of
Tymvou and
Ercan International Airport. It is under the ''de facto'' control of
Northern Cyprus
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. The village was almost exclusively inhabited by
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...
even before 1974.
As of 2011, it had a population of 619.
References
Communities in Nicosia District
Populated places in Lefkoşa District
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