Agios Ioannis, Paphos
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Ayios Ioannis is a small village in the Paphos District
of Cyprus
, located 4 km north of Salamiou
. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited almost exclusively by Turkish Cypriots
.
Paphos District
Paphos District is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of Cyprus...
of Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, located 4 km north of Salamiou
Salamiou
Salamiou is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 6 km northeast of Kelokedara....
. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited almost exclusively by Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots are the ethnic Turks and members of the Turkish-speaking ethnolinguistic community of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The term is used to refer explicitly to the indigenous Turkish Cypriots, whose Ottoman Turkish forbears colonised the island in 1571...
.