Prastio, Famagusta
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| Prastio | |
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| Πραστio (Greek) Dörtyol (Turkish) | |
 Prastio
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| Coordinates: 35°12′0″N 32°59′0″E / 35.2°N 32.983333°E | |
 Cyprus |
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| District | Famagusta District |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Prastio (Greek: Πραστio, Turkish: Dörtyol) is a small village in Turkish military occupied Cyprus.
[edit] History
During the Turkish Invasion of 1974 the community was taken over by the Turkish army and as a result the whole of its Greek population was displaced. Since then, the Turkish occupation forces and the illegal occupation authority prohibit their return
[edit] Geography
It lies 19 klm West of the town of Ammochostos
[edit] Education
The greek Primary School that operated here before the Turkish Invasion of 1974 had during the 1973-74 school year 114 students
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Coordinates: 35°12′N 32°59′E / 35.2°N 32.983°E
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