Agios Epiktitos

Agios Epiktitos
  • Άγιος Επίκτητος (Greek)
  • Çatalköy  (Turkish)
Agios Epiktitos

Location in Cyprus

Coordinates: 35°19′18″N 33°23′18″E / 35.32167°N 33.38833°E / 35.32167; 33.38833Coordinates: 35°19′18″N 33°23′18″E / 35.32167°N 33.38833°E / 35.32167; 33.38833
Country  Cyprus
 • District Kyrenia District
Country (controlled by)  Northern Cyprus
 • District Girne District
Government
 • Type Municipality
 • Mayor Mehmet Hulusioglu
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 5,110
 • Municipality 5,652
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website Turkish Cypriot municipality

Agios Epiktitos (Greek: Άγιος Επίκτητος; Turkish: Çatalköy) is a village in Cyprus, located 6 km (4 mi) east of Kyrenia. Agios Epiktitos, is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.The village was named after an ascetic monk who fled the Saracens in Palestine in the 9th Century and was a colleague of Saint Ambrose of Kyrenia who gave his name to a village close by.

Turkish Cypriot Agios Epiktitos Municipality was founded in 1980.[2]

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Düzkaya Sports Club, located in Agios Epiktitos, was founded in 1958, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 1st League.[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Agios Epiktitos is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 17
  2. ↑ Çatalköy Municipality Municipality
  3. ↑ Northern Cyprus Association of Football Clubs
  4. ↑ "Altınova'". © Altınova. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  5. ↑ "Bakü-İstanbul-KKTC 'yerel yönetim' hattı". © Zabrat. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  6. ↑ "New Twin Town to Kas: Catalkoy from Kyrenia'". © Kaş Municipality. Retrieved 2015-06-18.


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