Nicosia
Nicosia / NIK -ə- SEE -ə ; Greek : Λευκωσία NIK romanized      [lefkoˈsi.a] ;    [lefˈkoʃa] ; Armenian   , Romanized : Nikosia ; Larabci na Cyprus : Nikusiya) ita ce birni mafi girma, babban birni, kuma wurin zama na gwamnatin Cyprus . Tana kusa da tsakiyar filin Mesaoria, a bakin kogin  Pedieos .

Bisa ga tatsuniyoyi na Girka, Nicosia (  a cikin Hellenanci) ya kasance siren, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yan Acheloos da Melpomene kuma ana fassara sunanta da "White State" ko kuma birnin Farin Alloli.

Nicosia ita ce a kudu maso gabas na dukkan manyan kasashe mambobin EU . An ci gaba da zama a cikinta sama da shekaru 4,500 kuma ita ce babban birnin Cyprus tun ƙarni na 10. A farkon shekara ta 1964, al'ummomin Cyprus na Girka da Turkawa na Cyprus sun rabu zuwa kudu da arewacin birnin, biyo bayan yakin rikicin Cyprus na 1963-64 da ya barke a birnin. Wannan rarrabuwar kawuna ta zama kan iyaka mai karfin soji tsakanin Jamhuriyar Cyprus da kasashen duniya suka amince da ita da kuma mai kanta da ta ayyana " TRNC " bayan da Turkiyya ta mamaye tsibirin Cyprus a shekara ta 1974, inda ta mamaye arewacin tsibirin ba bisa ka'ida ba, ciki har da arewacin yankin Nicosia.

Baya ga ayyukanta na majalisa da gudanarwa, Nicosia ta kafa kanta a matsayin babban birnin a tsibirin,da kuma babbar cibiyar kasuwanci ta duniya.  A cikin shekara ta 2018, Nicosia ita ce birni na 32 mafi arziki a duniya a fanni karfin iko.

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