Agios Sergios, Cyprus

Agios Sergios Άγιος Σέργιος (Greek) Yeni Boğaziçi  (Turkish)
Agios Sergios
Coordinates:
Country	Cyprus
• District	Famagusta District
Country (controlled by)	Northern Cyprus
• District	Gazimağusa District
Government
• Mayor	Kayip Demir
Population (2011)
• Total	3,347
• Municipality	6,618
Website	Agios Sergios Municipality

Agios Sergios (Greek: Άγιος Σέργιος "Saint Sergius"; Turkish: Yeni Boğaziçi "New Bosporus", previously Aysergi) is a large village in Cyprus, near Salamis. Agios Sergios is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 3,347.

Demographics

In 1946, 1,790 people were living in Agios Sergios; 82 were Turkish- and the rest Greek Cypriots. All Turkish Cypriots fled to Famagusta and neighbouring villages in 1958. By 1973, Agios Sergios had an estimated population of 2,040. After 1974, it was reinhabited by some of its former Turkish-Cypriot residents, displaced Turkish Cypriots from the south of Cyprus, and Turkish settlers from Istanbul and Trabzon.

International relations

In 2013, Yeni Boğaziçi became an international Cittaslow member, the first in the whole of Cyprus.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Northern Cyprus

Yeni Boğaziçi is twinned with:

• Altınova, Turkey
• Zabrat, Azerbaijan – since 2005

External links

• Turkish Cypriot municipality