Vasileia

Vasileia

Bασίλεια (Greek)
*Karşıyaka* (Turkish)
Vasileia Bασίλεια (Greek); Karşıyaka (Turkish);
	In Vasileia
	Vasileia Location in Cyprus
	Coordinates: 35°20′40″N 33°7′22″E
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus
• District	Girne District
Population (2011)
• Total	2,091
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vasileia (Greek: Bασίλεια; Turkish: Karşıyaka) is a village in Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is located 3 km west of Lapithos. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 2,091.

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In the heart of Vasileia there is an abandoned church.

Turkish Cypriot Karşıyaka Sports Club was founded in 1957, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 2nd League.^[3]

[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, p. 21
[3]
Northern Cyprus Archived 18 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine Association of Football Clubs

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Vasileia Bασίλεια (Greek) Karşıyaka (Turkish)
In Vasileia
Vasileia Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°20′40″N 33°7′22″E
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus^[1]
• District	Girne District
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	2,091
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)