Agios Georgios, Famagusta
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Agios Georgios ( "Saint George f Spathariko">Spathariko.html" ;"title="f Spathariko">f Spathariko; , previously ) is a village in Cyprus, southwest of the town of Trikomo, Cyprus, Trikomo. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Agios Georgios was inhabited exclusively by
Greek Cypriots Greek Cypriots (, ) are the ethnic Greeks, Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest Ethnolinguistic group, ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2023 census, 719,252 respondents recorded their ethnicity as Greek, forming al ...
. In 1973, it had an estimated population of 464. After 1974, it was reinhabited by displaced
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 ...
from the south of Cyprus and Turkish settlers from Anatolia. The latter now constitute the majority. As of 2011, Agios Georgios had a population of 414.


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