Gioneli
Sign in to saveGönyeli (; ) is a town in Cyprus, near the capital city Nicosia. It is de facto under the control of Northern Cyprus. Over the years the town has merged with North Nicosia, making it connurbated with the city. Its population is 11,671.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kuzey Lefkoşa
- Region
- Nicosia
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gönyeli
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gönyeli.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Monument of National Struggle and Liberation in Gönyeli
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cyprus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Cyprus
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nicosia District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Part of
- Lefkoşa District
- Official name
- Κιόνελι
- Country
- Northern Cyprus
- Located in
- Lefkoşa District
- Population
- +1745
- Elevation
- +134
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Gönyeli.jpg
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Article
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- History
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- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
Gönyeli (; ) is a town in Cyprus, near the capital city Nicosia. It is de facto under the control of Northern Cyprus. Over the years the town has merged with North Nicosia, making it connurbated with the city. Its population is 11,671.
== History == Before the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571, the area consisted of empty fields. Upon the conquest, two families from Anatolia that of Kurt Ali from Anamur and Mehmet Efendi from Aksaray, settled here and founded Gönyeli. Over time, as the families grew in population, the village grew as a Turkish-speaking farming community. Gönyeli was one of the first towns to be captured following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.