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 Northern Cyprus 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: “Kapalı Maraş”, “Kapalı Maraş, KKTC”, “Kapalı Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs”, “Kapalı Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”, “Maraş, KKTC”, “Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs”, “Maraş, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”, “Varoşa”, “Varoscha”, “Varosha, Famagusta”, “瓦罗沙”, and “瓦罗莎”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Famagusta within the walls.

Mosque
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The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, originally known as the…

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The fortifications of Famagusta are a series…

Historic building
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The Nestorian Church, officially known as the Church of St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Famagusta and Deryneia.

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is a city in , with a population of 55,648 in 2019.

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is a large village in the island of .

Village
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is a village near in . 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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Varosha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فاروشا”
  • Armenian: “Վարոշա”
  • Asturian: “Varosha”
  • Bulgarian: “Варосия”
  • Catalan: “Varosha”
  • Cebuano: “Varósia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤارۆشا”
  • 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: “Varosia”
  • Greek: “Varósia”
  • Greek: “Βαρώσια”
  • Hebrew: “ורושה”
  • Hungarian: “Varosha”
  • Hungarian: “Varószia”
  • Indonesian: “Varosha, Famagusta”
  • Irish: “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”
  • Persian: “ورشا، فاماگوستا”
  • Polish: “Warosia”
  • Portuguese: “Varosha”
  • Romanian: “Varosia”
  • Russian: “Вароша”
  • Slovenian: “Varoša, Famagusta”
  • Spanish: “Varosha”
  • Swedish: “Varosha”
  • Thai: “วาโรชา (แฟมากูสทา)”
  • Thai: “วาโรชา”
  • Turkish: “Maraş, Kıbrıs”
  • Turkish: “Maraş”
  • Ukrainian: “Вароша”
  • Urdu: “واروشا، فاماگوستا”
  • Western Armenian: “Վարոշա”

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