Nicosia

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capital city city

Nicosia is the capital and largest city of Cyprus, known for being the last divided capital in Europe, split between the Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Lefkoşa 1
Nicosia Municipality (south) 1
walled city of Nicosia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
callingCode +357 (south) ⓘ
+90 392 (north) ⓘ
capitalOf Cyprus ⓘ
climate hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Cyprus ⓘ
currentMainAirportServingCity Ercan International Airport (in TRNC, not internationally recognized) ⓘ
Larnaca International Airport ⓘ
dividedSince 1974 ⓘ
divisionLine Cyprus buffer zone ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus (Green Line)
hasHistoricQuarter Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: walled city of Nicosia
hasInternationalAirport Nicosia International Airport (disused, in buffer zone) ⓘ
hasLandmark Famagusta Gate ⓘ
Ledra Street ⓘ
Ledra Street crossing point ⓘ
Selimiye Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Selimiye Mosque (former Cathedral of Saint Sophia)
hasMunicipality Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nicosia Municipality (south)

Nicosia Turkish Municipality (north) ⓘ
hasUniversity Cyprus International University ⓘ
Cyprus University of Technology ⓘ
surface form: Cyprus University of Technology (Nicosia campus / facilities)

Near East University ⓘ
University of Cyprus ⓘ
historicFortificationsBy Venice ⓘ
surface form: Venetians
hostsInstitution Central Bank of Cyprus ⓘ
Government of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
House of Representatives of Cyprus ⓘ
Supreme Court of Cyprus ⓘ
isDividedCity true ⓘ
knownAs last divided capital in Europe ⓘ
largestCityOf Cyprus ⓘ
locatedIn central Cyprus ⓘ
locatedOn River Pedieos ⓘ
northernPartControlledBy Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
northernPartPredominantCommunity Cypriot Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Cypriots
officialNameGreek Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Λευκωσία (Lefkosia)
officialNameTurkish Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lefkoşa
partOf Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
surface form: European Union (de jure, via Republic of Cyprus)
primaryLanguagesSpoken English (widely used) ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
southernPartControlledBy Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
southernPartPredominantCommunity Greek Cypriots ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
surface form: Eastern European Time (EET)
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
surface form: Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
UNBufferZonePresence yes ⓘ
usesCurrency Turkish lira ⓘ
surface form: Turkish lira (in the north)

euro (in the south) ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyprus → capital → Nicosia ⓘ
Limassol → countryCapital → Nicosia ⓘ
Nicosia → hasHistoricQuarter → Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: walled city of Nicosia
Nicosia → hasMunicipality → Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicosia Municipality (south)
Cyprus → largestCity → Nicosia ⓘ
Nicosia → officialNameGreek → Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Λευκωσία (Lefkosia)
Nicosia → officialNameTurkish → Nicosia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lefkoşa
President of Cyprus → seat → Nicosia ⓘ
subject surface form: Ploiești
Yalta → twinnedWith → Nicosia ⓘ