Gaïdouras (, ) is a village in the

Famagusta District Famagusta District, or simply Famagusta, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. While the entire district covers an area of , only about is under the de jure control of the Republic of Cyprus. Most of the district including the capital and lar ...

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, located 17 km west of

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. It is under the ''de facto'' control of

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. Gaïdouras means "place of donkeys" in Greek. The Gaidouras villagers wanted to change the name of their village to Nea Sparti (New Sparta). They officially applied to the Cypriot Government and it changed. However, in 1974, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus took place. The application has not been processed.

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Communities in Famagusta District Populated places in Gazimağusa District {{cyprus-geo-stub