Nikitas

Nikitas
Nikitas
Coordinates: 35°10′33″N 32°57′23″E
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Nicosia District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	Güzelyurt District
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	505
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Nikitas (Greek: Νικήτας; Turkish: Güneşköy) is a village in Cyprus, 4 km southwest of Morphou. De facto, it is under the control of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

References

1. In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
2. "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2013.