Varosha, Famagusta

Varosha

Βαρώσια (Greek)
*Maraş* (Turkish)
Varosha Βαρώσια (Greek); Maraş (Turkish)
	Varosha in 2006
	Varosha
	Coordinates: 35°06′39″N 33°57′13″E / 35.11083°N 33.95361°E
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Famagusta District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus
• District	Gazimağusa District
Population (2011)
• Total	226 (Census of Northern Cyprus) 39,000 (at peak)

Varosha (Greek: Βαρώσια, romanized: Varósia, locally [vaˈɾoʃa]; Turkish: Maraş [maˈɾaʃ] or Kapalı Maraş^[2]^[3]) is the southern quarter of the Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus. Varosha has a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census.^[4] The area of Varosha is 6.19 km² (2.39 sq mi).^[5]

^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
^ Uğur Dağlı; Şehir Plancısı Naciye Doratlı; Şebnem Önal (1998). "Gazimağusa Şehrinin Kentsel Gelişiminin Sürdürülebilirliğine Yönelik Çözüm Önerileri" (in Turkish). Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi. Retrieved 21 November 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Doratlı, Naciye; İbrahim Numan; Özgür Dinçyürek (2002). "GAZİMAĞUSA'NIN FARKLI SENARYOLARA GÖRE DEĞİŞİMİNİN MORFOLOJİK AÇIDAN İRDELENMESİ" (in Turkish). DAÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, KKTC. Retrieved 21 November 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Northern Cyprus, State Planning Organization, The results of census of Northern Cyprus - 2011". Northern Cyprus, State Planning Organization. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ ""Varosha is the land of Evkaf (the Turkish Cypriot EVKAF religious foundation)"". Haber7 (in Turkish). October 8, 2020.