Louroujina Salient

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Luricina Akincilar
Λoυρoυκivα (Greek) Lurucina/Akıncılar (Turkish)
Luricina Akincilar
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 De jure Larnaca District
De facto Lefkoşa District
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://akincilarbelediyesi.org/

The Louroujina Salient (Greek: Λoυρoυκivα, Turkish: Akıncılar, also known as Lurucina) marks the southernmost extent of the Turkish-Cyprus. It is named after the Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina. Akıncılar was one of the biggest Turkish Cypriot villages in Cyprus before the occupation of the island by Turkey in 1974.

In 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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