<P> The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone , patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP ) , that was established in 1964 and extended in 1974 after the cease fire of 16 August 1974 , following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus , and de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus ( southern Cyprus save for the British Sovereign Base Areas ) and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the North . The zone , also known as the Green Line ( Greek : Πράσινη Γραμμή , Prasini Grammi ; Turkish : Yeşil Hat ) , stretches for 180 kilometres ( 112 miles ) from Paralimni in the east to Kato Pyrgos in the west , where a separate section surrounds Kokkina . The zone cuts through the centre of Nicosia , separating the city into southern and northern sections . In total , it spans an area of 346 square kilometres ( 134 sq mi ) , varying in width from less than 20 metres to more than 7 kilometres . </P>
<P> The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone , patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ( UNFICYP ) , that was established in 1964 and extended in 1974 after the cease fire of 16 August 1974 , following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus , and de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus ( southern Cyprus save for the British Sovereign Base Areas ) and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the North . The zone , also known as the Green Line ( Greek : Πράσινη Γραμμή , Prasini Grammi ; Turkish : Yeşil Hat ) , stretches for 180 kilometres ( 112 miles ) from Paralimni in the east to Kato Pyrgos in the west , where a separate section surrounds Kokkina . The zone cuts through the centre of Nicosia , separating the city into southern and northern sections . In total , it spans an area of 346 square kilometres ( 134 sq mi ) , varying in width from less than 20 metres to more than 7 kilometres . </P>
no man 's land between greece and turkey
no man 's land between greece and turkey
United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus