Agios Andronikos

Agios Andronikos (Greek: Άγιος Ανδρόνικος "Saint Andronicus [of Kanakaria]"; Turkish: Yeşilköy "green village") is a village between Leonarisso and Gialousa on the Karpass Peninsula in Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

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Agios Andronikos Άγιος Ανδρόνικος (Greek) Yeşilköy (Turkish)
Agios Andronikos
Coordinates: 35°30′13″N 34°09′53″E / 35.50361°N 34.16472°E / 35.50361; 34.16472
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Famagusta District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	İskele District
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	799
Climate	Csa
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Prior to 1974, Agios Andronikos had a mixed Greek- and Turkish Cypriot population. The Greek Cypriots constituted a majority. Though only a small number of the village's Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, nearly all of them left for the south of the island by mid-1976.^[3] As of 2011^[update], Agios Andronikos had a population of 799.

1. ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
2. ^ "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
3. ^ "AGIOS ANDRONIKOS". Internal displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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