Asomatos is situated in the Kyrenia District

Kyrenia District

Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is Kyrenia . It is the smallest of Cyprus' districts, and is the only one fully controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognised only by Turkey....

 near the villages of Myrtou

Myrtou

Myrtou is a town located in Cyprus, north of the city of Morphou....

, Karpaseia

Karpaseia

Karpasha is located 30km southwest of Kyrenia, on the north it is the village of Myrtou, west the village of Diorios and south the village of Kampyli. The village took its name from the Turkish word “Kurp-Asia” which means near Asia....

 and Kambyli. It is the biggest Maronite

Maronites in Cyprus

The Maronites in Cyprus are members of the Maronite Church whose ancestors migrated from the Levant during the Middle Ages. They traditionally speak their own variety of Arabic in addition to Greek...

 village after the village of Kormakitis

Kormakitis

Kormakitis is a small village in Cyprus, part of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus . Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cyprus, the other three being Asomatos, Ayia Marina and Karpaseia...

. Before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus

Turkish invasion of Cyprus

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, launched on 20 July 1974, was a Turkish military invasion in response to a Greek military junta backed coup in Cyprus...

, its inhabitants numbered 527 people, whereas today there are only two octogenarian women still living in the village.

The village is presently used as a military camp by the Turkish army

Turkish Army

The Turkish Army or Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The modern history of the army began with its formation after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire...

. The Maronites may visit the village only on Sundays, with limited time restrictions, for mass in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.