Akhna
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| Akhna | |
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| Άχνα (Greek) Duzce (Turkish) | |
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| Country | Cyprus |
| District | Famagusta District |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | |
| Population (2001[1]) | |
| - Total | 1,952 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
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Akhna (Greek: Άχνα), is a village in Cyprus in the Famagusta District, just north of the United Nations Buffer Zone. After 1974 it was rebuilt near the old location. Akhna is well-known for its football club Ethnikos Akhna FC, that won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2006. In 2001 the number of inhabitants was 1,952.
[edit] History
Prior to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, it was an exclusively Greek Village, with the main industry supporting it being the growing of potatoes in red, iron rich soil which surrounded it. In 1974 some days after the official ceasefire it was occupied by Turkish troops and the inhabitants were displaced. The village was plundered, and become later part of the UN buffer zone.
The inhabitants built a provisional village of tents in the Akhna forest (Dasaki tis Akhnas), some hundred meters away from their old village, and started later to build a new village near the old location, within the confines of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
[edit] References
- ^ Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus (MS Excel), 2001 Population Census
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