The Nicosia District, or simply Nicosia (also Lefkosia and Lefkoşa), is one of the six

districts of Cyprus Cyprus is Administrative division, divided into six districts (; ), whose Capital (political), capitals share the same name. The districts are subdivided into Municipalities of Cyprus, municipalities and communities. The districts of Cyprus ar ...

. Its main town is the

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's capital city,

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

. The de facto TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. TRNC-controlled areas of the

Larnaca District The Larnaca District, or simply Larnaca (also Larnaka), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital is Larnaca. It is bordered on the east by Famagusta District, on the north by Nicosia District and on the west by Limassol District. A sma ...

of the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third lar ...

are administered as part of Nicosia District, while western parts of the Nicosia District under de facto TRNC control are administered as part of the new Güzelyurt and Lefke Districts.

History

Under

Lusignan The House of Lusignan ( ; ) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries du ...

rule, at least the latter part and then during the Venetian period, the

Kingdom of Cyprus The Kingdom of Cyprus (; ) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489. Initially ruled as an independent Christian kingdom, it was established by the French House of Lusignan after the Third Crusade. I ...

was divided into eleven provinces called in French contrées and in Italian contrade. The area around Nicosia was the province of Vicomté (literally the domain of a Viscount). It covered the eastern half of the present District of Nicosia, what would later become the Nahiehs of Dagh and Deyirmenlik (orange on map). The western half of the present district formed the province of Pendaïa ( Pendagia). One significant difference in the borders was that Vicomté extended closer to the sea, encroaching upon the Pentadaktylos foothills in the present

Kyrenia District The Kyrenia District, or simply Kyrenia, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital city is Kyrenia. It is the smallest of Cyprus's districts, and is the only one controlled in its entirety by the unrecognised de facto state of Northern C ...

.L’ Ile de Chypre. Sa Situation Presente et ses Souvenirs du Moyen Age, by Louis de Mas Latrie, pub. Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris. 1879; map and pp. 148-151 Under Ottoman Turkish rule, Nicosia was one of the six cazas into which the island was divided. The Caza of Nicosia, also known as the Caza of Deyirmenlik, was divided into two nahiehs - Dagh (Orini) and Deyirmenlik (Kythrea).History of Cyprus, by George Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1952, vol IV, p.7 The caza was headed by a Kaimakan. When the British took control of Cyprus in 1878, these administrative units were retained. A British officer styled a Commissioner (later District Officer) was appointed for the caza of Nicosia, while the Turkish Kaimakan was initially retained with certain of his functions. The Nahiehs of Lefka and Morphou were previously in the Caza of Kyrenia. But by 1881, the Nahiehs of the Caza of Nicosia were:Census of Cyprus 1881, pr. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1884 * Lefka * Morphou * Dagh * Deyirmenlik The town of Nicosia, previously separate, came under the Nahieh of Deyirmenlik (Greek: Kythrea) in the British period.

Population

The population of Nicosia Caza or District in 1881 was as follows: At the most recent census the population of the district was as follows:Census organised by the Turkish Cypriots in the occupied area http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20ikinci_.pdf retrieved October 2013 The total figure above includes 1,599 for the communities of Melouseia, Tremetousia and Arsos in

and Afania in Famagusta District. Thus, the population of Nicosia District has increased eight-fold since 1881.

Settlements

According to ''Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus'' per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (2015), Nicosia District has 12 municipalities and 162 communities. Municipalities are written with bold. * Agia * Agia Eirini * Agia Marina * Agia Marina (Skylloura) * Agia Varvara * Agioi Iliofotoi * Agioi Trimithias * Agios Dometios * Agios Epifanios Oreinis * Agios Epifanios Soleas * Agios Georgios * Agios Georgios Lefkas * Agios Ioannis (Selemani) * Agios Ioannis Malountas * Agios Nikolaos Lefkas * Agios Sozomenos * Agios Theodoros, Nicosia * Agios Theodoros Tilliria * Agios Vasileios * Aglandjia * Agrokipia *

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* Alampra * Alevga * Alithinou * Alona * Ammadies * Ampelikou * Analiontas * Anageia * Angolemi * Anthoupolis * Apliki * Arediou * Argaki * Askas * Astromeritis * Avlona * Beykeuy * Dali * Deneia * Dyo Potamoi * Elia * Engomi * Epicho * Episkopeio * Ergates * Evrychou * Exometochi * Farmakas * Fikardou * Flasou * Fterikoudi * Fyllia *

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* Galini * Gerakies * Geri * Gerolakkos * Gönyeli * Gourri * Kakopetria * Kaliana * Kalo Chorio Kapouti * Kalo Chorio Oreinis * Kalo Chorio Soleas * Kalopanagiotis * Kalyvakia * Kampi * Kampia * Kampos * Kanli * Kannavia * Kapedes *

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* Kataliontas * Kato Deftera * Katokopia * Kato Koutrafas * Kato Moni * Kato Pyrgos * Kato Zodeia * Katydata * Kazivera * Klirou * Kokkina * Kokkinotrimithia * Korakou * Kotsiatis * Kourou Monastiri * Kyra * Kythrea * Lagoudera * Lakatamia * Latsia * Lazanias * Lefka * Linou * Livadia * Louroujina * Loutros * Lympia * Lythrodontas * Malounta * Mammari * Mandres *

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* Margi * Margo * Masari * Mathiatis * Meniko * Mia Milia * Mylikouri * Mitsero * Mora * Morphou * Mosfileri * Moutoullas * Neo Chorio *

* Nikitari * Nikitas * Nisou *

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* Orounta *

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* Pachyammos * Palaichori Morphou * Palaichori Oreinis * Palaikythro * Paliometocho * Pano Deftera * Pano Koutrafas * Pano Pyrgos * Pano Zodeia * Pedoulas * Pentageia * Pera * Pera Chorio * Peristerona * Peristeronari *

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* Petra tou Digeni * Pigenia * Platanistasa * Politiko * Polystypos * Potami * Potamia * Prastio * Psimolofou * Pyrogi * Saranti * Selladi tou Appi * Sia * Sinaoros * Skouriotissa * Skylloura * Spilia * Strovolos * Syrianochori * Temvria * Trachoni * Trachonas * Tsakistra * Tseri * Tymbou * Variseia * Voni * Vroisha * Vyzakia * Xerovounos * Xyliatos

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