Cyprus
Famagusta district
Ammóchostos

Varosha

Varosha is the southern quarter of , a de jure territory of , currently under the control of . Varosha had a population of 226 in the 2011 census. The area of Varosha is 6.19 km2.
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  • Type: Suburb with 226 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Cyprus
  • Also known as: “Varoşa” and “Varosha, Famagusta”
Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Othello’s Tower.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Saint Sophia Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in , .

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Othello Castle, also known as Othello's Tower, is a castle in , . It was built by the Lusignans in the 14th century, and was later modified by the Venetians.

Historic building
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nestorian Church, officially known as the Church of St. George the Exiler is a church in the old town of , . Originally built as a church belonging to the Church of the East, an ancient Nestorian branch of Eastern Christianity, it was converted to a Greek Orthodox Church in the British era after centuries of use as a stable for camels in the Ottoman era.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Famagusta and Deryneia.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a city in , with a population of 55,648 in 2019. It's a seaport and tourist resort and has a walled old centre created in the 13th century.

Photo: panagiotys maimaride…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large village in the island of . It is located on the east side of the island, 2 km south of the city of . The population of the village is 5,758 and it consists of a municipality since 1994.

Village
Photo: Lokal Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village near in . It is a short distance from a prominent 2nd millennium BC archaeological site also named . is under the de facto control of . is situated 8 km northwest of Varosha.

Varosha

Latitude
35.11283° or 35° 6′ 46″ north
Longitude
33.95196° or 33° 57′ 7″ east
Population
226
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8G7M4X72+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2621983870
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
146008
Wiki­data ID
Q75666
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Varosha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاروشا”
  • Armenian: “Վարոշա”
  • Bulgarian: “Варосия”
  • Catalan: “Varosha”
  • Cebuano: “Varósia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤارۆشا”
  • Chinese: “瓦罗沙”
  • Chinese: “瓦罗莎”
  • Chinese: “瓦罗西亚”
  • Czech: “Varoša”
  • Dutch: “Varosha”
  • Dutch: “Varosia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاروشا”
  • Finnish: “Varosha”
  • Finnish: “Varósia”
  • French: “Varócha”
  • French: “Varosha”
  • Georgian: “ვაროშა”
  • German: “Varoscha”
  • German: “Varosha”
  • German: “Varosia”
  • Greek: “Varósia”
  • Greek: “Βαρώσια”
  • Hebrew: “ורושה”
  • Hungarian: “Varosha”
  • Hungarian: “Varószia”
  • Indonesian: “Varosha, Famagusta”
  • Irish: “Varosha”
  • Italian: “Varosha”
  • Italian: “Varosia”
  • Japanese: “ヴァローシャ”
  • Korean: “바로시아”
  • Latvian: “Varoša”
  • Macedonian: “Вароша”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Varósia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Varosha”
  • Pampanga: “Varosha”
  • Persian: “واروشا، فاماگوستا”
  • Persian: “ورشا، فاماگوستا”
  • Polish: “Varosha”
  • Polish: “Warosia”
  • Portuguese: “Varosha”
  • Romanian: “Varosia”
  • Russian: “Вароша”
  • Slovenian: “Varoša, Famagusta”
  • Spanish: “Varosha”
  • Swedish: “Varosha”
  • Thai: “วาโรชา (แฟมากูสทา)”
  • Thai: “วาโรชา”
  • Turkish: “Kapalı Maraş, KKTC”
  • Turkish: “Kapalı Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Kapalı Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Kapalı Maraş”
  • Turkish: “Maraş, Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Maraş, KKTC”
  • Turkish: “Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Maraş”
  • Turkish: “Varoscha”
  • Turkish: “Varosha”
  • Turkish: “Varosia”
  • Turkish: “Βαρώσια”
  • Ukrainian: “Вароша”
  • Urdu: “واروشا، فاماگوستا”
  • Western Armenian: “Վարոշա”

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