Agios Symeon
Agios Symeon
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  Agios Symeon | |
| Coordinates: 35°29′29″N 34°13′04″E / 35.49139°N 34.21778°E | |
| Country (de jure) | Cyprus |
| District | Famagusta District |
| Country (de facto) | Northern Cyprus[1] |
| District | İskele District |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 119 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Agios Symeon (Greek: Άγιος Συμεών "Saint Simon", Turkish: Avtepe, previously also Aysinyo) is a village in Cyprus, located on the Karpas Peninsula. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, Avtepe had a population of 119. It has always been inhabited by Turkish Cypriots.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "AGIOS SYMEON". Internal Displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
