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| | Nicosia, Cyprus |
 | | Nicosia (Greek: Λευκωσια, Turkish: Lefkoşa), population 177,410 (1992), is the capital of Cyprus. |
 | | Located on the Pedieos River[?], Nicosia is the center of an administrative district, and it is currently the only divided capital city in the world, with the northern (Turkish) and southern (Greek) portions divided by the "Green Line", a demilitarized zone maintained by the United Nations. |
 | | Nicosia was the scene of extreme violence in the period just prior to independence, and since the Turkish invasion of 1974, part of the city's northern sector has been inside the boundary of a United Nations buffer zone. |
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