Mora, Cyprus

Mora Μόρα (Greek) Meriç (Turkish)
village
Mora Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°10′27″N 33°32′43″E / 35.17417°N 33.54528°E / 35.17417; 33.54528
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Nicosia District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	Lefkoşa District
Population  (2006)[2]
• Total	522
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Mora (Greek: Μόρα, Turkish: Meriç) is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus.

History

The village is de facto under the control of Northern Cyprus. Before the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 it was inhabited almost exclusively by Turkish Cypriots^[3]

References

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. 2006 Census
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2009-06-14.