Achna | |
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Άχνα (Greek) Köprülü (Turkish) | |
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Country | De jure ![]() De facto ![]() |
District (C) | Famagusta District |
District (NC) | Gazimağusa District |
Government | |
• Mukhtar | Turgay Alıkan |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 215 (NC) 1,952 (in the south of Cyprus)[1] |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Achna (Greek: Άχνα Turkish: Duzce), is a village in Northern Cyprus, just North of the United Nations Buffer Zone. After the conflict in 1974, the Greek Cypriots in Achna built a new village south of the old location.
Achna is well known for its football club Ethnikos Achna FC, that won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2006.
History
The inhabitants built a provisional village of tents in the Achna forest (Dasaki tis Achnas), some hundred meters away from their old village, and started later to build a new village, Dasaki Achnas, near the old location, within the confines of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
Gallery
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The "Dasaki tis Achnas" Memorial Church in the shape of tent.
External links
Media related to Achna at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus (MS Excel), 2001 Population Census
- ^ Northern Cyprus 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı (PDF), Northern Cyprus State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013
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