Achna ( el, Άχνα; tr, Düzce) is an abandoned village in the
Famagusta District of
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
. It is just north of the
Buffer Zone and it is under the ''
de facto
''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
'' control of
Northern Cyprus. After the
1974 Turkish invasion, its displaced inhabitants built a new village nearby.
Achna is known for its football club,
Ethnikos Achna FC
Ethnikos Achna Football Club ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εθνικός Άχνας), commonly known as Ethnikos Achna, or simply Ethnikos, is a Cypriot football club based in the village of Achna. Founded in 1968, the club current ...
. Ethnikos Achna won the
UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2006.
New village
The inhabitants of Achna built a provisional tent village in the Achna forest (''Dasaki tis Achnas''), some hundred meters (yards) away from their old village, and later started to build a new village, Dasaki Achnas, near the old location, within the confines of the
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.
Dasaki Achnas' population in 2011 was 2,087.
Gallery
File:Achna main-street.jpg, Dasaki Achnas main street
File:Achna-memorial.jpg, Memorial Church in the shape of tent in Dasaki Achnas
References
Communities in Famagusta District
Populated places in Gazimağusa District
Greek Cypriot villages depopulated during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Former populated places in Cyprus
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