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Rizokarpaso
Ριζοκάρπασο (Greek) Dipkarpaz (Turkish)
Rizokarpaso in Cyprus.
RizokarpasoCoordinates: 35°36′0″N 34°22′0″E / 35.6°N 34.366667°ECoordinates: 35°36′0″N 34°22′0″E / 35.6°N 34.366667°E Country De jure 
Cyprus
De facto
Northern CyprusDistrict Famagusta District Municipality Settled Time zone EET (UTC+2) Rizokarpaso (Greek: Ριζοκάρπασο, Turkish: Dipkarpaz) is a town on the Karpass Peninsula in the Famagusta District, northeastern Cyprus. It has been under Turkish control since the 1974 invasion.
Rizokarpaso is the biggest town on the peninsula. Soil near the town consists of terra fusca which is very fertile. Local crops include carob, cotton, tobacco, and grain. A tobacco-factory operates in the town.
Before 1974, the town was predominantly inhabited by Greek-Cypriots. During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the peninsula was cut off by Turkish troops, and this prevented the town's Greek-Cypriot inhabitants from fleeing to the unoccupied South. As a result, with 250 Greek-Cypriot inhabitants, Rizokarpaso is the home of the biggest Greek-speaking population in the North. The Greek-Cypriot population is now mainly elderly and shrinking in size, they are still supplied by the UN, and Greek-Cypriot products are consequently available in some shops.
The town has two churches: St. Synesios and the church of the Holy Trinity. They are examples of the typical Cypriot mixed style, combining features of the late Gothic introduced by the Lusignans with the late Byzantine style of the Orthodox tradition. When the island's Orthodox bishops were banished by the Lusignans in 1222, the Bishop of Famagusta was sent to Rizokarpaso and continued his work in St. Synesios, the main Orthodox church in the region. These are two of the few Christian churches to operate in Turkish Cyprus, and has had services stopped by the Turkish Cypriot police.[1][2][3]
Rizokarpaso is partly located in the ancient city of Karpasia on the West coast, according to legend founded by king Pygmalion.
See also
- Rizokarpaso Primary School
- Eleni Foka
- Kormakitis
- Human rights in Northern Cyprus
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Categories:- Populated places in Famagusta District
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