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Kantara, İskele

Coordinates: 35°23′16″N 33°53′55″E / 35.38778°N 33.89861°E / 35.38778; 33.89861
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Kantara
Kantara castle
Kantara castle
Kantara is located in Cyprus
Kantara
Kantara
Coordinates: 35°23′16″N 33°53′55″E / 35.38778°N 33.89861°E / 35.38778; 33.89861
Country (de jure) Cyprus
 • DistrictFamagusta District
Country (de facto) Northern Cyprus[1]
 • Districtİskele District
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
21
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kantara (Greek: Καντάρα) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located south-west of Kantara Castle. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

References

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  1. ^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
  2. ^ "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013.
Panagia Kantariotissa of the Kantara monastery