Karavostasi Explained

Karavostasi
Pushpin Map:Cyprus
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cyprus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cyprus
Subdivision Type1: • District
Subdivision Name1:Nicosia District
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: • District
Subdivision Name3:Lefke District
Leader Title:Mukhtar
Leader Name:Ahmet Ced
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2075
Coordinates:35.1364°N 32.8339°W

Karavostasi (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Καραβοστάσι; Turkish: 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 copper but is inactive since 1992.[2] [3]

Before the conflict in Cyprus, Karavostasi had been a mixed village. Its name means "boat stop" in both Greek and Turkish.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı . TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census . TRNC State Planning Organization . 6 August 2013 . tr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131106001538/http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20ikinci_.pdf . 6 November 2013 .
  2. Web site: Lefke - Cyprus Mining Corporation (CMC).
  3. Web site: Gemikonağı Limanı. TRNC Department of Ports. 5 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170304115914/http://limanlar.gov.ct.tr/LimanBa%C5%9Fkanl%C4%B1klar%C4%B1/Gemikona%C4%9F%C4%B1Liman%C4%B1.aspx. 4 March 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Hardy. Sam. Karavostasi (Gemikonagi), Cyprus. Then Dig! by the Architectural Research Facility of the University of California, Berkeley. 27 December 2016.