Nicosia
Nicosia is the centrally located capital of Cyprus and by far the largest city on the island. It also acts as a separate administrative capital for the Nicosia district.Landmarks in the Area
Selimiye Mosque (St Sophia Cathedral)
Selimiye Mosque, historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia, is a former Roman Catholic cathedral converted into a mosque, located in North Nicosia.Cyprus Museum
The Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.Bank of Cyprus
The Central Bank of Cyprus, is the central bank of the Republic of Cyprus, located in Nicosia.Central Jail of Nicosia
The Central Jail of Nicosia is the only correctional facility in Cyprus and it is run by the Cyprus Prisons Department.'Leventis' Municipal Museum of Nicosia
The Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia in Nicosia, Cyprus, is home to an extensive collection of Cypriot works include archaeological artifacts, costumes, photographs, medieval pottery, maps and engravings, jewels, and furniture.Localities in the Area
Aglandjia
Aglandjia is a suburb and a municipality of Nicosia, Cyprus.Engomi
Engomi is a suburb and municipality of the Cypriot capital Nicosia.Ayios Dhometios
Ayios Dhometios is a suburb located west of the Cypriot capital Nicosia.Pallouriotissa
Pallouriotissa is an area of Nicosia, Cyprus, formerly an independent village, which was annexed to the municipality in 1968.Ortaköy
Ortaköy is a northern suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.Nicosia
- Location: Nicosia district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- Population: 330,000
- IATA airport code: NIC
- United Nations Location Code: CY NIC
- Latitude: 35.1753° or 35° 10' 31.1" north
- Longitude: 33.3642° or 33° 21' 51.1" east
- Elevation: 147 meters (482 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 146268
Also Known As
- Achinese: Nikosia
- Albanian: Nikosia
- Amharic: ሌፍኮዚያ
- Arabic: نيقوسيا
- Armenian: Նիկոսիա
- Avaric: Никосия
- Azerbaijani: Nikosiya
- Basque: Nikosia
- Bavarian: Nikosia
- Belarusian: Нікасія
- Bengali: নিকোসিয়া
- Bosnian: Nikozija
- Breton: Nikozia
- Bulgarian: Никозия
- Catalan: Nicòsia
- Central Kurdish: نیکۆسیا
- Chechen: Никосий
- Chinese: 尼科西亚
- Croatian: Nikozija
- Czech: Nikósie
- Eastern Mari: Никосий
- Egyptian Arabic: نيكوسيا
- English: Nicosia (Lefkosia)
- Erzya: Никосия ош
- Esperanto: Nikozio
- Estonian: Nikosia
- Faroese: Nikosia
- Fiji Hindi: Nikosia
- Finnish: Nikosia
- French: Nicosie
- Galician: Nicosia - Λευκωσία
- Georgian: ნიქოზია
- German: Nikosia
- Greek: Lefkosía
- Greek: Λευκωσία
- Haitian: Nikozi
- Hebrew: ניקוסיה
- Hindi: निकोसिया
- Icelandic: Nikósía
- Ido: Nikosia
- Indonesian: Nikosia
- Irish: An Leafcóis
- Japanese: ニコシア
- Javanese: Nikosia
- Kabyle: Niqusya
- Kannada: ನಿಕೋಸಿಯ
- Kara-Kalpak: Nikosiya
- Kazakh: Никосия
- Kinyarwanda: Nikosiya
- Kirghiz: Лефкоша
- Korean: 니코시아
- Ladino: Nikosiya
- Latin: Leucosia
- Latvian: Nikosija
- Lithuanian: Nikosija
- Lombard: Nicoséa
- Low German: Nikosia
- Lower Sorbian: Nikosia
- Luxembourgish: Nikosia
- Macedonian: Никозија
- Malayalam: നിക്കോഷ്യ
- Maltese: Nikosija
- Manx: Lefkosia
- Marathi: निकोसिया
- Mazanderani: نیکوزیا
- Moksha: Никосия
- Neapolitan: Nicosìa
- Nepali (macrolanguage): निकोज्या
- Northern Frisian: Nikosia
- Northern Luri: نیکوزیا
- Northern Sami: Nikosia
- Norwegian: Nikosia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nikosia
- Novial: Nikosia
- Oriya (macrolanguage): ନିକୋସିଆ
- Ossetian: Никоси
- Panjabi: ਨਿਕੋਸੀਆ
- Persian: نیکوزیا
- Piemontese: Nicosìa
- Polish: Nikozja
- Pontic: Λευκωσίαν
- Portuguese: Nicósia
- Russian: Никосия
- Samogitian: Nėkosėjė
- Saterfriesisch: Nikosia
- Serbian: Никозија
- Serbo-Croatian: Nikozija
- Sicilian: Nicusìa
- Slovak: Nikózia
- Slovenian: Nikozija
- South Azerbaijani: نیکوزیا
- Spanish: Nicosia
- Swahili (macrolanguage): Nikosia
- Tajik: Никосия
- Tamil: நிக்கோசியா
- Tatar: Никосия
- Thai: นิโคเซีย
- Tibetan: ནེ་ཁོ་ཤི་ཡ།
- Turkish: Lefkoşa
- Udmurt: Никосия
- Uighur: نىكوسىيە
- Ukrainian: Нікосія
- Upper Sorbian: Nikosia
- Urdu: نیکوسیا
- Uzbek: Nikosiya
- Veps: Nikosii
- Volapük: Lefkosia
- Western Frisian: Nikosia
- Western Panjabi: نیکوسیا
- Yakut: Никосия
- Yiddish: ניקאסיע
- Yue Chinese: 尼科西亞
In the Area
Localities
- ÇağlayanSuburb
- TrenchLocality
- CandacasLocality
- KöşklüçiftlikNeighborhood
- KalograesHamlet
- Pentadrome South PoleLocality, 1½ km northeast
Landmarks
- Nicosia within the wallsArchaeological site
- Faneroumeni SchoolSchool
- Faneroumeni ChurchChurch building
- Haydarpaşa CamiiMosque
- Omeriye HamamPublic building
- Ömeriye MosqueMosque
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