Skouriotissa
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Skouriotissa () is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus and the site of the former Skourotissa mines. Today the area is largely uninhabited with only 8 people remaining in the village.
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- Part of
- Nicosia District
- Official name
- Σκουριώτισσα
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Nicosia District
- Population
- 11
- Area
- 1.02481
- Elevation
- 195
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Skouriotissa.jpg
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- Σκουριώτισσα
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- Skouriotissa
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Skouriotissa () is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus and the site of the former Skourotissa mines. Today the area is largely uninhabited with only 8 people remaining in the village.
As of 2011 the village houses the headquarters of Sector 1 of the UNFICYP mission. The headquarters are currently assigned to an infantry unit from Argentina who is lead nation in Sector 1.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skouriotissa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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