Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia or Lefkosha (, ), is the
capital and largest city of
Cyprus. It is located at . Located on the
Pedieos (Kanlidere) river and situated almost in the centre of the island, it is the seat of government as well as the main business centre. Nicosia is the center and capital of the (
Nicosia District). Despite the recent symbolic gestures shown by both communities in removing small sections of the dividing wall, it still remains 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, although unlike
Cold War East and
West Berlin, few use the terms "North Nicosia" and "South Nicosia". After already being segregated to some degree from 1964, the 1974
Turkish invasion cut the capital in half. The
Turkish Cypriots claim the northern half of Nicosia as the capital of an
internationally unrecognized (except for
Turkey) state known as the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).
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