Louroujina Salient

Louroujina Salient

Louroujina Salient
Λoυρoυκivα (Greek) Lurucina/Akıncılar(Turkish)
Louroujina Salient is located in Cyprus
Louroujina Salient
Location of Louroujina Salient in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°0′33.34″N 33°27′53.4″E / 35.0092611°N 33.464833°E / 35.0092611; 33.464833
Country De jure  Cyprus
De facto  Northern Cyprus
District Larnaca District
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

The Louroujina Salient (Greek: Λoυρoυκivα, Turkish: Akıncılar, also known as Lurucina) marks the southernmost extent of North Cyprus. It is named after the Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina. Akincilar was one of the biggest Turkish Cypriot villages in Cyprus before the division of the island.

In Cyprus war of 1974, this village was secured so as to be placed within a contiguous Turkish Cypriot zone, which later became in 1975, the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, then in 1983, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It is accessible only by one road from the rest of the de facto TRNC. The United Nations Buffer Zone separates the salient from the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.

Coordinates: 35°00′33″N 33°27′53″E / 35.00925955°N 33.46483362°E / 35.00925955; 33.46483362

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