Haspolat or Mia Milia (

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: Μια Μηλιά or Μία Μηλιά, literally 'One Apple tree') is an industrialised village and an eastern suburb of

North Nicosia North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( ; ) refers to the largest settlement and the ''de facto'' capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality. , North Nicos ...

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. As a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyrpus, is under the ''de facto'' control of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...

. The

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and the new Nicosia

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are located within its boundaries. Mia Milia is recorded as early as the early 13th century in papal documents. In 1973, Mia Milia had an all-

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population of 1,381. As of 2011, it had a population of 4,204, comprising

Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

and Turkish nationals. Migrant workers have set up a

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near the industrial area.

Notable people

Sotiris Kaiafas Sotirios Kaiafas ( Greek: Σωτήριος Καϊάφας; born 17 December 1949) is a retired Cypriot footballer who is considered to be the best footballer that Cyprus has ever produced. He played for Omonia and Cyprus. During his career at ...

, Cypriot retired footballer and European Golden Boot winner. *

Kostakis Pierides Kostakis Pierides (; born 2 April 1941) is a Cypriot former footballer who played as a forward and made four appearances for the Cyprus national team. Career Pierides made his debut for Cyprus on 3 December 1966 in a UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying ...

, Cypriot retired footballer.

References

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