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Morphou

Administration
Full nameMorphou
Official nameΜόρφου (Greek) Güzelyurt/Omorfo (Turkish)
Demography
Total Population12,000 (aprox)
Other information
Time zoneEET (UTC)

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Morphou ( , or Güzelyurt) is a town in the northern part of the Republic of Cyprus. Morphou was founded by Spartans who brought with them the worship of Aphrodite. In the Middle Ages, the city was referred to as Morphou but also Theomorphou. The Morphou area grew more than half of Cyprus citrus fruits.

It contains one of the many churches in the country dedicated to St. Mamas, popularly believed to have lived as a hermit in a cave near Morphou. According to local legend, he was a hermit living in very poor circumstances and when the authorities tried to tax him, he evaded them. Soldiers were sent out and captured him but on the way back to town, he saw a lion attacking a lamb, escaped the soldiers, saved the lamb, jumped on the lion's back and in that way came to town. His bravery earned him exemption from tax, hence his traditional attribute.

Morphou was an almost entirely Greek Cypriot community. According to the 1960 population census it was inhabited by 6480 Greeks Cypriots, 123 Turkish Cypriots and 32 Maronites. Between 1907 and 1948, Morphou was one of the prominent stations of the Cyprus Government Railway

Morphou was taken by the Turkish military during the Turkish Invasion in 1974. As a result, the whole of its Greek Cypriot population was forced to leave their homes and properties and flee to the areas under the control of the Republic of Cyprus.

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Tifone Chaba sul Giappone. -50°C in Groenlandia, 40°C in Egitto - Meteo Giornale Tweet this news
Meteo Giornale--Gran caldo a Cipro giovedì 28 ottobre, con 32,7°C a -Morphou-, 31,1°C ad Akdeniz e Lefke, 29,6°C a Lefkoniko, 28,8°C a Tymbu/Nicosia. ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:29:20 GMT+00:00
Ομιλία της Υπουργού Συγκοινωνιών και Έργων δρος Ερατώς Κοζάκου-Μαρκουλλή σε ... - Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών Tweet this news
Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών--They have been longing for the day when they will touch again the sacred soil of Karpasia, the beautiful shores of Kyrenia, the orange groves of -Morphou-, ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:27:29 GMT+00:00
Witty Christofias - Hurriyet Daily News Tweet this news
Hurriyet Daily News--That is not only Güzelyurt or -Morphou- and some areas in the Famagusta area, but also almost the entire Karpas Peninsula, the former Nicosia International ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:01:34 GMT+00:00
Róbert Ujčík do cyperského FC Digenis - Dennik Šport Tweet this news
Dennik Šport--Dvadsaťročný útočník, ktorý naposledy pôsobil v českých Vítkoviciach, sa dohodol na polročnej zmluve s druholigovým klubom FC Digenis Akritas -Morphou-. ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:22:13 GMT+00:00
Brankár Peter Kostoláni z Frenarosu do Onisillosu Sotiras - Profutbal.sk Tweet this news
Profutbal.sk---...- SR odišiel na Afroditin ostrov v lete 2006 práve do Sotiry, medzičasom tento rodák z Bojníc pôsobil aj vo farbách FC Digenis Akritas -Morphou-. ... - Date : Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:37:14 GMT+00:00
Η δράση χιλιάδων απλών ανθρώπων απέδωσε: Η Τζένιφερ Λόπεζ ακύρωσε την συναυλία ... - Εμπροσθοφύλακας Tweet this news
Εμπροσθοφύλακας--The families of nearly 200000 refugees of Cyprus, cannot return to their homes in Kyrenia, Famagusta, Lefkosia, -Morphou-, Karpasia and so on. ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:54:19 GMT+00:00
Güzelyurt yatırım bekliyor - Kıbrıs Gazetesi Tweet this news
Kıbrıs Gazetesi---Morphou-, Morfu, Omorfo... Çocukluğumun geçtiği bölgenin en büyük yerleşim birimiydi... Hala öyle... 1974 öncesinde, narenciyenin Kıbrıs'taki başkentiydi. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:56:56 GMT+00:00
Wachstumsthema Umwelttechnologie: EVN sorgt auf Zypern für sauberes Wasser - Wiener Zeitung Tweet this news
Wiener Zeitung--Bei diesen kleineren Kläranlagen für Famagusta und -Morphou- agiert die WTE jeweils als Konsortialführer mit einem türkisch-zypriotischen Bauunternehmen. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 15:59:37 GMT+00:00
Fuoco e freddo in Islanda: venti da nord, gelo e nube vulcanica sospinta verso ... - Meteo Giornale Tweet this news
Meteo Giornale--In Turchia, Adana e Silifke 30,3°C, Akhisar 29,5°C, Finike 29,4°C, Aydin 29,0°C. A Cipro, Tymbu/Nicosia 29,8°C, Lefkoniko 29,5°C, -Morphou- 29,4°C. Situazione ... - Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:11:12 GMT+00:00

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Municipalities of Cyprus

Nicosia DistrictAyios Dhometios * Aglandjia * Engomi * Dali * Kythrea * Lakatamia * Latsia * Lefka * Morphou * Nicosia * Strovolos
Limassol DistrictAyios Athanasios * Kato Polemidhia * Limassol * Mesa Yitonia * Yermasoyia
Larnaca DistrictAthienou * Aradippou * Larnaca * Lefkara
Famagusta DistrictAyia Napa * Akanthou * Dherynia * Famagusta * Lefkoniko * Lysi * Paralimni
Paphos DistrictPaphos * Peyia * Polis * Yeroskipou
Kyrenia DistrictKaravas * Kyrenia * Lapithos

Districts of Northern Cyprus

Famagusta * Kyrenia * Nicosia * Morphou



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