17 Facts About Northern Nicosia

North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia is the capital and largest city of Northern Cyprus.

Northern Nicosia was divided into Greek and Turkish Cypriot quarters by the Green Line, named after the colour of the pen used by the United Nations officer to draw the line on a map of the city.

Northern Nicosia is divided into several administrative divisions known as mahalleler or quarters.

Outside the walled city, North Northern Nicosia has expanded to become a large city, with an urban area that has absorbed the neighboring town of Gonyeli and the former village of Hamitkoy that is part of the Northern Nicosia Turkish Municipality.

North Northern Nicosia is mainly inhabited by Turkish Cypriots and Turkish settlers.

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North Northern Nicosia received a great number of displaced Turkish Cypriots from surrounding villages.

North Northern Nicosia grew in importance as a centre of commerce as the construction of offices grew by 74.

North Northern Nicosia has been identified as a city with a high amount of development and welfare.

North Northern Nicosia is home to the Northern Nicosia International Fair and an Organized Industrial Area, where many businesses and manufacturers are located.

In 2012, North Northern Nicosia hosted more than 146,000 tourists, accounting for 13.

The Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Northern Cyprus, founded in 2015, is based in North Nicosia and as of 2018, the works for building a concert hall and headquarters for the orchestra are underway.

The city is home to the annual Northern Nicosia Walled City Jazz Festival, at which both local and Turkish jazz musicians take the stage.

Northern Nicosia is the seat of four Turkish Cypriot universities, namely the Near East University, Cyprus International University, University of Mediterranean Karpasia and the American University of Cyprus.

The private high schools in Northern Nicosia are the Near East College, the Levent College and the TED College.

North Northern Nicosia has seen the construction of new highways and roads recently to solve its traffic problem, including the construction of two ringroads in the 2010s.

The other one, the Nicosia Northern Ringroad, is currently under construction and will connect D-30 from Famagusta to Morphou directly to D-25 from Kyrenia, preventing the entry of vehicles from Kyrenia going to the airport and from Famagusta to Kyrenia, Gonyeli or Morphou into the city.

Cetinkaya is the most successful Turkish Cypriot team with 14 titles, and teams from Northern Nicosia have won the majority of the trophies in the league.