Agios Epifanios (Linou)
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Agios Epifanios is a village in the Nicosia District
of Cyprus
, located 3 km west of Linou
. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited primarily by Turkish Cypriots
. Today the village is largely deserted.
Nicosia District
For the district of Northern Cyprus, see Lefkoşa District.Nicosia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia...
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...
, located 3 km west of Linou
Linou
Linou is a village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located south of the Skouriotissa mines and 5 km north of Evrychou.The deserted village of Agios Epifanios is part of the municipality....
. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited primarily by Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots are the ethnic Turks and members of the Turkish-speaking ethnolinguistic community of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The term is used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, whose Ottoman Turkish forbears colonised the island in 1571...
. Today the village is largely deserted.