Kontea

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Kontea
village
Κοντέα (Greek) Türkmenköy (Turkish)
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Kontea
Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°6′12″N33°42′58″E / 35.10333°N 33.71611°E / 35.10333; 33.71611 Coordinates: 35°6′12″N33°42′58″E / 35.10333°N 33.71611°E / 35.10333; 33.71611
Country ( de jure )Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
   District Famagusta District
Country ( de facto )Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus [1]
   District Gazimağusa District
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Kontea (Greek : Κοντέα, Turkish : Türkmenköy) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located 3 km east of Lysi. The name of the village originates in the era of Venetian rule in Cyprus and it originally means "county" in Italian (full historical appellation: Contea di Famagosta). It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

Greek language language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

Turkish language Turkic language (possibly Altaic)

Turkish, also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around ten to fifteen million native speakers in Southeast Europe and sixty to sixty-five million native speakers in Western Asia. Outside Turkey, significant smaller groups of speakers exist in Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested that the European Union add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state.

Famagusta District district of Republic of Cyprus

Famagusta District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island's most important port, Famagusta.

Türkmenköy Aydın Sports Club is the football team of Kontea that is in Northern Cyprus Football League since 1977. South Mesaoria Social Facility for Kontea and Pergamos is constructed by the help of European Union. [2]

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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. Haber Kibris, 28 February 2013 Giant Project in South Mesaoria