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5 unusual facts about Nicosia District


Eleni Mavrou

In 2001 she was elected in Nicosia to be among AKEL’s members of the House of Representatives, and was re-elected to the same position in 2006.

European University of Lefke

European University of Lefke (EUL) is an institution of higher learning, located in the Northern Cyprus Nicosia District town of Lefka, overlooking Morphou Bay.

Giorgos Lillikas

In 1996 he was elected Member of the House of Representatives as a candidate of the left-wing party AKEL in the Nicosia electoral district and was re-elected in the parliamentary elections of 2001.

Hamitköy S.K.

Hamitköy Spor Kulübü is a Turkish Cypriot football club based in Hamitköy, Nicosia District.

Sofoklis Savva

Sofoklis Savva (Gerakos) (Greek: Σοφοκλής Σάββα Γέρακος) is an Architect and Civil Engineering Manager and former mayor of Lympia, a large village in Cyprus, located in the Nicosia District.


Elections in Northern Cyprus

The mitigated proportional representation system in use for legislative elections obligates each party to cross the 5% of the total vote election threshold in order to be seated in the 50-member parliament, which is chosen from five electoral districts, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Gazimağusa (Famagusta), Girne (Kyrenia), Güzelyurt (Morphou) and İskele (Trikomo).


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Cyprus Police Academy

In 1945 the Police School was founded at the Kyrenia Castle and in 1951 the School moved from Kyrenia to Strovolos at the location where the Nicosia District Divisional Headquarters was housed until October 2008 and currently the Nicosia Traffic Department is located at.