Ayios Nikolaos () is a village and present British

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located in the British Sovereign Base Areas of

Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia (), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. The area ...

in the Dhekelia Cantonment on

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. It is the site of a Green Line crossing point controlled on the one side by

Sovereign Base Areas Police The Sovereign Base Areas Police is the local civilian police force for the British controlled Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus. Organisation Established in August 1960, the force has responsibility for all 15,000 re ...

and by the police of the ''de facto'' state of

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on the other side. The main road from

Larnaca Larnaca, also spelled Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus and the capital of the Larnaca District, district of the same name. With a district population of 155.000 in 2021, it is the third largest city in the country after Nicosi ...

Famagusta Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city located on the eastern coast of Cyprus. It is located east of the capital, Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime ...

runs through the village.

References

{{cyprus-geo-stub Geography of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas Border crossings of Cyprus Border crossings in divided regions Borders of Akrotiri and Dhekelia