Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Northern Cyprus
Global Sourcebook | Index | PropertiesCyprus has been militarily divided between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities since the summer of 1974. The Greek area is 59% of the island, the Turkish area is 37%. Only Turkey recognises the division of the country.
Please refer also to Cyprus.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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Northern Cyprus - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
1 Turkish Lira (TL) (ISO 4217=TRY) = 100 kurus (no longer in circulation). The Euro is also widely used
International telephone access code
Car nationality plate code
ISO 3166 country codes
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Northern Cyprus - Postal codes
Note: This section last updated 12th December 2015
Mail from, or via, Turkey uses 5-digit Turkish postal codes commencing 99, implemented in 2013. For mail to Northern Cyprus from abroad, use “Mersin 10” in the address block above the line containing the Turkish postal code. The Northern Cyprus postal code should then be on the last line on its own.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Northern Cyprus - Postal code format graphic
Northern Cyprus - Postal code format
Northern Cyprus - Postal code specifics
Northern Cyprus - Postal code regular expression
\A((99)[0-9][0-9][0-9])\Z
Northern Cyprus - Postal code level of coverage
Northern Cyprus - Postal code map
n/a
Place names in Northern Cyprus
Note: This section last updated 27th May 2015
Pyla , in the buffer zone near the British military base of Dhekelia, is the island’s last bi-communal village.
Refer to Exonyms in Cyprus and Exonyms in Northern Cyprus for full lists of place names in Cyprus in other languages.
Northern Cyprus - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 6th June 2019
Northern Cyprus has six districts (ilçe): Gazimağusa
(Famagusta), Girne
(Kyrenia), Güzelyurt
, İskele
, Lefke
(Lefka), Lefkoşa
(Nicosia). These are further divided into sub-districts (bucağ) and then into towns and villages.
Administrative districts graphic
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