Mansoura

Mansoura is an abandoned village in the UN Buffer Zone near , Cyprus. Up until 1911, the village was exclusively inhabited by Turkish Cypriots. Although the population fluctuated in the early decades of the twentieth century, it grew steadily from 41 in 1891 to 147 in 1960, when Turkish Cypriots made up about 86% of the residents.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
  • Also known as: Mansoura, Cyprus” and “Mansur

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosfileri and Agios Theodoros Tilliria.

Hamlet
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is a small village in the of , just east of the Kokkina exclave. It is part of the municipality. It is also known as Mosfili.

Village
is a coastal exclave of the de facto , and a former Turkish Cypriot enclave in . It is surrounded by mountainous territory, with the on its northern flank. is situated 2½ km west of Mansoura.

Mansoura

Latitude
35.18743° or 35° 11′ 15″ north
Longitude
32.63613° or 32° 38′ 10″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
8G7J5JPP+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1271325344
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
146339
Wiki­data ID
Q6751864
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Mansoura” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Mansoura, Cyprus
  • Galician: Mansoura
  • German: Mansoura
  • Greek: Mansoúra
  • Greek: Μανσούρα
  • Hungarian: Manszúra
  • Polish: Mansura
  • Russian: Мансура
  • Spanish: Mansoura
  • Turkish: Mansur, Lefkoşa
  • Urdu: منصورہ، قبرص

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mansoura”. Photo: Dm Bsg, CC BY 3.0.