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Gypsou
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Gypsou (; ), sometimes also Gypsos (from Gypsum), is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near the town of Lefkoniko. It is under the de facto control of the territory of Cyprus that is forcibly and illegally occupied by the Turkish Armed Forces, following their invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974.
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Place details
- Locality
- Akova
- Region
- Ammochostos
- Country
- Kuzey Kıbrıs
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Cyprus
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.settlement_type
- village
- Settlement.name
- Gypsou
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Cyprus
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Famagusta District
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- • District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Gazimağusa District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Famagusta District
- Official name
- Γύψου
- Country
- Northern Cyprus
- Located in
- Famagusta District
- Population
- 1184
- Area
- 25.068
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- native label
- Γύψου
- Commons category
- Gypsou
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gypsou (; ), sometimes also Gypsos (from Gypsum), is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near the town of Lefkoniko. It is under the de facto control of the territory of Cyprus that is forcibly and illegally occupied by the Turkish Armed Forces, following their invasion of Cyprus in the summer of 1974.
The village got its name from a small hill about 1 mile to the north. From this hill the locals produced Plaster of Paris, commonly known as Gypsum hence the name Gypsos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gypsou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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