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Kontemenos

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Kontemenos

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Also known as Kontemenos, Northern Cyprus, Kontemenos, Cyprus, Kılıçaslan

Kontemenos (, ) is a town located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, 7 km northwest of Skylloura. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

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Place details

Locality
Kılıçaslan
Region
Keryneia
Country
Kuzey Kıbrıs
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
village
Settlement.name
Kontemenos
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_type1
 • District
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kyrenia District
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type3
 • District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Girne District
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
194
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Official name
Κοντεμένος
Country
Cyprus
Population
839
Area
11.6377
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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native label
Κοντεμένος
Commons category
Kontemenos
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Kontemenos (, ) is a town located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, 7 km northwest of Skylloura. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

Since the Turkish invasion in 1974, the village has been used as a Turkish military camp. The etymology of the village's name is unclear. Until 1974, Turkish Cypriots called the village "Kördemen" or "Kördümen" ("blind wheel"); this name was changed after 1974 and the village was named after Seçim Kılıçaslan, a Turkish soldier who died near the village during the invasion.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kontemenos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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