Nicosia
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Summary
Nicosia is a big city[1]. Nicosia draws 14,512 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #50 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: World Tourism Cities Federation[3], League of Historical Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nicosia District[5]
- Country: Cyprus[6], Northern Cyprus[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pedieos[8]
- Head of government: Mehmet Harmancı[9], Charalambos Prountzos[10]
- Instance of: city in Cyprus[11], town divided by border[12]
- Official language: Greek[13], Turkish[14]
- Shares border with: Strovolos[15], Aglantzia[16], Gioneli[17], North Nicosia[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Vilnius[19], Amsterdam[20], Athens[21], Ankara[22], Mexico City[23], Abu Dhabi[24], Lisbon[25], Istanbul[26], Fuzhou[27]
- Postal code: 1010–1107[28]
- Commons category: Nicosia[29]
- Said to be the same as: Ledra[30], Nicosia Municipality[31]
- Local dialing code: 22[32]
- Coordinate location: 35.1725, 33.365[33]
- Official website: https://www.nicosia.org.cy/[34]
- IPA transcription: lɛfkɔˈsi.a[35], lefˈkoʃa[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nicosia[37]
- Population: 276,410[38], 330,000[39], 56,848[40]
- Depicted by: A trigonometrical survey of the island of Cyprus[41]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Capital of: Cyprus[43]
- Official name: Λευκωσία[44], Lefkoşa[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nicosia[46]
- Category for people who died here: Q14505679[47]
- Demonym: Nicosien[48], Nicosienne[49], nicosiani[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Nicosia include AC Omonia[51], a sports club[52], in Cyprus[53], founded in 1948[54]; APOEL F.C.[55], a men's association football team[56], in Cyprus[57], founded in 1926[58]; Olympiakos Nicosia FC[59], an association football club[60], in Cyprus[61], founded in 1931[62]; Nicosia International Airport[63], an international airport[64], in Cyprus[65]; Nicosia District[66], a district of Cyprus[67], in Cyprus[68]; Nicosia Atatürk Stadium[69], an association football venue[70], in Northern Cyprus[71]; Enosis Neon Trust[72], an association football club[73], in Cyprus[74], founded in 1924[75]; and Orfeas Nicosia[76], an association football club[77], in Cyprus[78], founded in 1948[79].
Why It Matters
Nicosia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[80] Nicosia is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[81]
Entities named for Nicosia include AC Omonia[51], a sports club[52], in Cyprus[53], founded in 1948[54]; APOEL F.C.[55], a men's association football team[56], in Cyprus[57], founded in 1926[58]; Olympiakos Nicosia FC[59], an association football club[60], in Cyprus[61], founded in 1931[62]; Nicosia International Airport[63], an international airport[64], in Cyprus[65]; Nicosia District[66], a district of Cyprus[67], in Cyprus[68]; and Nicosia Atatürk Stadium[69], an association football venue[70], in Northern Cyprus[71].