Kontemenos
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Kontemenos is town located in the Kyrenia District
of Cyprus
, 7 km northwest of Skylloura
.
Since the Turkish invasion in 1974
, the village has been solely inhabited by Turkish mainland settlers.
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....
of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, 7 km northwest of Skylloura
Skylloura
Skylloura is village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, about halfway between the towns of Morphou and Nicosia. In the town the two main roads Morphou-Nicosia and Kyrenia-Lapithos-Skylloura meet....
.
Since the Turkish invasion in 1974
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...
, the village has been solely inhabited by Turkish mainland settlers.