Kizilbash
Kizilbash or Trachonas is a northern suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 55,000 residents
- Description: suburb of Nicosia
- Also known as: “Kızılbaş”, “Kızılbaş-Gelibolu”, “Trachonas”, “Trahona”, “Trakhona”, and “Trakhonas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barbarlık Müzesi and Embassy of Turkey.
Embassy of Turkey
Government office
The Embassy of Turkey in North Nicosia is the sole embassy in Northern Cyprus as the rest of the international community locate their embassies to the Cyprus island in the Republic of Cyprus.
Kyrenia Gate
The Kyrenia Gate, is a gate in the Nicosia walls, in North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. It was the gate which was used for transport to the northern areas, especially Kyrenia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yenişehir and Taşkınköy.
Yenişehir
Neighborhood
Yenişehir; Greek: Νεάπολη Neapoli; literally meaning "new city" both in Turkish and Greek) is a suburb of North Nicosia. Its population was 4156 in 2006, with 2135 males and 2021 females.
Taşkınköy
Neighborhood
Photo: Seksen iki yüz kırk beş, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taşkınköy is a quarter of North Nicosia in Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 3,847. The first settlement in the area was after the 1974 conflict, as houses were built by a labor union, Türk-Sen.
Ortaköy
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Ortaköy is a northern suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.
Kizilbash
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.19844° or 35° 11′ 54″ northLongitude
33.35425° or 33° 21′ 15″ eastPopulation
55,000Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)Open location code
8G7M59X3+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4344029506OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
146034Wikidata ID
Q3559988
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Kizilbash” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Trachonas”
- Greek: “Tráchonas”
- Greek: “Τράχωνας/Κιζιλάι”
- Greek: “Τράχωνας”
- Italian: “Kızılay”
- Italian: “Kızılbaş”
- Italian: “Trachonas”
- Lithuanian: “Trachonas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trákhonas”
- Persian: “کیزیلباش”
- Polish: “Trachonas”
- Portuguese: “Trachonas”
- Swedish: “Tráchonas”
- Turkish: “Kızılay, KKTC”
- Turkish: “Kızılay, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti”
- Turkish: “Kızılay, Kuzey Kıbrıs”
- Turkish: “Kızılay, Lefkoşa”
- Turkish: “Kızılay”
- Urdu: “قزلباش، قبرص”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kızılbaş Kilisesi and Aspak Market.
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