Famagusta

Also known as Ammochostos, Gazimağusa, Mağusa

Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city located in the Famagusta District on the eastern coast of Cyprus, currently controlled by Northern Cyprus. It is located east of the capital, Nicosia, and possesses the island's deepest harbour. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime republics of Genoa and Venice), Famagusta was the island's most important port city and a gateway to trade with the ports of the Levant, from where Silk Road merchants carried their goods to Western Europe.

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Famagusta is a port city on the eastern coast of Cyprus that was once the island's most important commercial hub, serving as a key gateway for Silk Road trade between the Levant and Western Europe during the medieval period under Genoese and Venetian control. Today it remains strategically significant as the location of Cyprus's deepest harbor, though it is currently controlled by Northern Cyprus.

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Key facts

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Settlement.map_caption: Interactive map outlining Famagusta
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Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gazimağusa District
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Simos Ioannou (Republic of Cyprus, in exile) Süleyman Uluçay (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
Settlement.population_as_of: 2019