Cape Kormakitis
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Cape Kormatis is a promontory ( ) on the north-western coast of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus named after the nearby village with the same name. Kormakitis is inhabited by Cypriot maronites, a minority in Cyprus of around 5,000. The inhabitants of Kormakitis in addition to speaking Greek they also converse in an Arabic dialect called Cypriot Maronite Arabic, which was passed from one generation to the next without being written. After the 1974 war in Cyprus most of the maronites living in Kormakitis became refugees, settling down in the Greek part of Cyprus. The remaining enclaved population of Kormakitis is around 100 elderly inhabitants. Due to recent relaxations taking place the village is frequently visited by its previous inhabitants with an increasing number of them repairing their village houses.
Lying within the territory it also marks the northernmost extent of Morphou Bay. The nearest coastal town to Cape Kormatis is Kyrenia (Greek: Keryneia, Turkish: Girne).
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