Nicosia within the city limits is divided into 29 administrative units, according to the latest census. This unit is termed in English as quarter, neighbourhood, parish, or mahalla. These units are: Ayios Andreas (former name: Tophane), Trypiotis, Nebethane, Tabakhane, Phaneromeni, Ayios Savvas, Omerie, Ayios Antonios (St. Anthony), St. John, Taht-el-kale, Chrysaliniotissa, Ayios Kassianos (Kafesli), Kaïmakli, Panayia, St Constantine & Helen, Agioi Omologites, Arab Ahmet, Yeni Jami, Omorfita, Ibrahim Pasha, Mahmut Pasha, Abu Kavouk, St. Luke, Abdi Chavush, Iplik Pazar and Korkut Effendi, Ayia Sophia, Haydar Pasha, Karamanzade,Census of Cyprus (available from Statistical Service, Nicosia). Document: Population - Place of Residence, 2011, Table C. Municipality/Community, Quarter and Street Index published by Ministry of Information (CILIS_streets_022011) and Yenişehir/Neapolis (separated from Ibrahim Pasha 25 January 2010Official Gazette of the Republic No. 4341 and dated 25.01.2010). Some of these units were previously independent Communities (village authorities). Agioi Omologites was annexed in 1944, while Kaïmakli and Omorfita were annexed in 1968. Pallouriotissa, also annexed in 1968, was subsequently divided into the neighbourhoods of Panayia, and St Constantine & Helen.Official web site of Nicosia municipality http://www.nicosia.org.cy and https://www.scribd.com/doc/Οι-ενορίες-της-Λευκωσίας

The municipality of Strovolos, established in 1986, is the second largest municipal authority in Cyprus in terms of population after Limassol and encompasses the southern suburbs of the capital immediately adjacent to Nicosia municipality. Strovolos is divided into six parishes: Chryseleousa, Ayios Demetrios, Apostle Barnabas and Ayios Makarios, Ayios Vasilios, Kyprianos and Stavros.Official web site of Strovolos municipality, history section (English version), http://www.strovolos.org.cy

Beyond Strovolos on the south-western fringes of the metropolis lies the municipality of Lakatamia, created in 1986 out of the two Communities (village authorities) of Lower Lakatamia and Upper Lakatamia. After being declared a municipality Lakatamia was, for administrative purposes, divided into the following four parishes: Ayia Paraskevis, St. Nicholas, Ayios Mamas, Archangel-Anthoupolis. Contrary to other Municipalities, Lakatamia Municipality has its own water supply (Lakatamia Water Board). It has jurisdiction over the water supply and sees to the construction, maintenance and functioning of water supply systems within its boundaries.Official web site of Lakatamia municipality, history section (English version), http://www.lakatamia.org.cy

South of Strovolos lies the municipality of Latsia, established in 1986. Latsia is divided into three parishes: St. George (covering most of the area of Latsia), Ayios Eleftherios (covering the Ayios Eleftherios refugee housing estate) and Archangel Michael (covering the refugee self-housing estate of that name).Official web site of Latsia municipality, history section (English version), http://www.latsia.org.cy

East of Latsia lies Yeri, which became a municipality in 2011. The built up area of Yeri just touches Latsia near their mutual boundary and thus the new municipality is conurbated with Nicosia.

The municipality of Aglandjia, established in 1986, encompasses the south-eastern suburbs of the capital immediately adjacent to Nicosia municipality. The Nicosia-Limassol highway forms the boundary with Strovolos to the west. The name of the municipality has various spellings, but derives from the Turkish word 'Eğlence - Entertainment'. The older English spelling is Eylenja.Official web site of municipality

The western suburbs are encompassed in the municipalities of Ayios Dometios and Engomi, both established in 1986. The municipality of Ayios Dometios is divided into the parishes of St. George and St. Paul.

The town of Gönyeli is now conurbated with the northern suburbs. Previously a village authority, it now functions as a municipalityMunicipal web site, August 2013: www.gonyeli.org/ within the same areaThe authority has the population, economic viability and consent of the (original) inhabitants prescribed in the Municipalities Law (see Law 11/1985), without having been formally recognised as a municipality under that law. See also www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default_print.asp?id=300 retrieved August 2013 Gönyeli is divided into the Neighbourhoods of Baraj (barrage), Çarşı, Baz and Yeni Kent (new town).See Municipal web site and postcode publication tk cyp Posta Kodları.pdf (May 2013)

The suburbs immediately to the north of the city have not been erected into municipalities. The village authority of Hamitköy (also known as Hamid Mandres) was heavily urbanized and continued to exist until 1 September 2008, when it was included within the borders of Nicosia Turkish Municipality (retrieved August 2013) as a Nicosia neighbourhood headed by a muhtar. retrieved August 2013

Ortakeuy Village authority has similarly been redefined as a neighbourhood of Nicosia Turkish Municipality.

After the invasion the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Mia Milia were displaced to other parts of Cyprus and the area was resettled by displaced Turkish Cypriots from other areas.* (August 2013) The Mia Milia Village Council of the Republic of Cyprus continues to operate in exile, (retrieved August 2013) but the Nicosia Turkish Municipality considers it one of its neighbourhoods.

The ethnically mixed Village of Trakhonas has suffered several displacements of both its Greek and Turkish Cypriot inhabitants since the 1960s and since the invasion has been heavily urbanised. It does not currently function as a local government unitNicosia Turkish Municipality treats it as four neighbourhoods, see www.lefkosaturkbelediyesi.org/turkce/muhtarlar.htm

The settlement of Anthoupolis is an enclave created within Lakatamia after the invasion of 1974 and is directly administered by the government and not the municipality within which it is situated.

+Administrative Divisions of NicosiaCoexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia, by Ahmet An (Paper read at the conference, “Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe”, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20 June 2011)6th edition of the publication “Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus” (publ. Statistical Service of Republic of Cyprus); Census of Cyprus 1946; List of Mahalla Mukhtars publ.by Nicosia Turkish MunicipalityCensus organised by the Turkish Cypriots in the occupied area retrieved October 2013Code Name Loc. auth. CY Pop. 2011 TC Pop. 2011CY Ctrl. TC Ctrl.Pop. 1946 GC 1946 TC 1946 On map1000 Nicosia Mun 55,014 49,868P P34,485 60% 30% 1000-01 Ayios Andreas (Tophane) Neigh 5,767 Y 3,012 74% 5% AA/T1000-02 Trypiotis Neigh 2,158 Y 3,247 92% 1% Try1000-03 Nebethane Neigh 189 Y 520 84% 4% Ne1000-04 Tabakhane Neigh 299 Y 757 93% 3% TH1000-05 Phaneromeni Neigh 512 Y 1,088 98% 1% Ph1000-06 Ayios Savvas Neigh 581 Y 1,266 96% 3% ASa1000-07 Omerie Neigh 206 Y 1,193 77% 21% Om1000-08 Ayios Antonios Neigh 5,801 Y 2,090 98% 0% AAn1000-09 Ayios Ioannis Neigh 221 Y 1,436 96% 4% AI1000-10 Taht-el-kale Neigh 826 Y 1,433 63% 36% TEK1000-11 Chrysaliniotissa Neigh 124 Y 901 96% 3% Ch1000-12 Ayios Kassianos (Kafesli) Neigh 82 P P1,177 90% 10% AKs1000-13 Kaimakli Neigh 11,564 P Un3,671 98% 2% 1000-14 PanayiaPallouriotissa was split into Panaya and St. Constantine & Helen after 1968. Neigh 12,398 Y 2,368 98% 2% 1000-15 St. Constantine & Helen Neigh 3,209 Y 1000-16 Agioi Omologites Neigh 10,528 Y 1,810 93% 1% 1000-17 Arab Ahmet Neigh 50 P S2,617 22% 32% AAKeushk Chiftlik (Kösklüçiftlik) is the area outside of the walls in Nicosia Turkish Municipality1000-18 Yeni Jami Neigh 215 P S2,345 28% 72% YJ1000-19 Omorfita Neigh 284 P P2,231 55% 45% 1000-20 Ibrahim PashaThe neighborhood of Neapoli was separated from the neighborhood of Ibrahim Pasha 25 January 2010. Neigh Y2,334 28% 66% IP1000-21 Mahmut Pasha Neigh 314 Y875 7% 82% MP1000-22 Abu Kavouk Neigh 793 Y1,202 9% 91% AK (North)1000-23 St. Luke Neigh 489 Y806 33% 67% AL1000-24 Abdi Chavush Neigh 568 Y902 8% 89% AC1000-25 Iplik Bazar & Korkut Effendi Neigh 229 Y556 21% 42% IPKE1000-26 Ayia Sophia Neigh 878P P1,936 33% 64% ASo1000-27 Haydar Pasha Neigh 155 Y385 12% 87% HP1000-28 Karamanzade Neigh P P597 21% 10% KZ1000-29 Neapoli Neigh Y IP1010 Ayios Dometios Mun 12,456 P P2,532 95% 5% 1011 Engomi Mun 18,010 Y 1,396 100% 0% 1012 Strovolos Mun 67,904 Y 3,214 98% 2% 1013 Aglandjia Mun 20,783 P Un2,008 93% 7% 1014 Ortakeuy Vill YSmall part in Göçmenköy neighbourhood477 12% 88% 1015 Trachonas Vill MDivided into 4 new neighbourhoods690 95% 5% 1021 Lakatameia Mun 38,345 Y 1,537 94% 6% 1022 AnthoupolisThe settlement of Anthoupolis is an enclave created within the municipality of Lakatameia after 1974. Set 1,756 Y 1023 Latsia Mun 16,774 Y 179 100% 0% 1024 Yeri Mun 8,235 P Un655 100% 0% 1031 Mia Milia Vill Y772 100% 0% 1032 Hamitköy Vill 2,823 Y361 0% 100% 1251 Gönyeli Mun 11,964 Ind814 0% 100% Code: census code. Loc. auth.: type of local authority (Mun: municipality, Vill: village, Neigh: neighbourhood, Set: settlement). CY Pop. 2011: population at last census of Republic of Cyprus in 2011 (detailed by neighborhood). TC Pop. 2011: population at last census of Turkish Republic of Cyprus in 2011 (not detailed per neighborhood). CY Ctrl.: de facto control of Cyprus Government (Y: yes, P: partly, blank: no). TC Ctrl.: Neighbourhood status in Nicosia Turkish Municipality (Y: yes, S: yes but split in two along Nicosia walls, M: yes but split in multiple neighbourhoods, Ind: Independent municipality, Un: Turkish sector not an administrative unit, P:yes but partial/incomplete control of area, blank: not under Turkish control). Pop. 1946: population at last census before communal troubles. GC 1946: % Greek Cypriot in 1946. TC 1946: % Turkish Cypriot in 1946. On map: abbreviation shown on historic map in this article section (not specified outside city walls).

Local Government Reform

Following local government reform in 2024 there were a number of administrative changes.

The table below lists the new municipalities and the previous authorities from which they are composed, which now become municipal districts with deputy mayors. "20 New Municipalities" (in Greek) on Ministry of the Interior website - www.gov.cy/moi/20-neoi-dimoi/ - retrieved Aug 2025 "These are the 20 new Municipalities - The reform was voted on", Phileleftheros newspaper, Nicosia, 03 March 2022 - https://web.archive.org/web/20220303172313/https://www.philenews.com/oikonomia/kypros/article/1414066/aftoi-einai-oi-20-neoi-dimoi-psifistike-i-metarrythmisi - retrieved July 2025

District New Municipality Municipal District Pop 2021 Pre No.Cllrs(*) Nicosia LAKATAMEIA TOTAL 53,273 30 Nicosia Lakatameia Anthoupolis 1,693 S 3 Nicosia Lakatameia Lakatameia 43,276 M 22 Nicosia Lakatameia Tseri 8,304 M 5 Nicosia LATSIA-YERI TOTAL 28,230 20 Nicosia Latsia-Yeri Latsia 18,579 M 13 Nicosia Latsia-Yeri Yeri 9,651 M 7 Nicosia NICOSIA TOTAL 111,797 30 Nicosia Nicosia Aglandjia 21,543 M 6 Nicosia Nicosia Ayios Dometios 12,904 M 5 Nicosia Nicosia Engomi 20,502 M 5 Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia 56,848 M 14 Nicosia SOUTH NICOSIA-DALI TOTAL 22,632 20 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Alambra 1,655 C 2 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Dali 12,350 M 8 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Lympia 2,911 C 3 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Nisou 2,132 C 2 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Pera Chorio 3,002 C 3 Nicosia South Nicosia-Dali Potamia 582 C 2 Nicosia STROVOLOS Strovolos 71,123 M 30 Note: Column "Pre" indicates previous status: M (municipality), C (community) or S (settlement)

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