Place:Polis, Paphos, Cyprus

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NamePolis
Alt namesArsinoesource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Arsinoësource: Blue Guide: Cyprus (1981) p 143; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Marionsource: Blue Guide: Cyprus (1981) p 143; GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 10040; Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
Marium-Arsinoesource: Atlas of Greek & Roman World (1981) p 44
Polis Chrysochoussource: Wikipedia
Pólissource: Blue Guide: Cyprus (1981) p 143
Πόλις Χρυσοχούςsource: Wikipedia
TypeTown or village
Coordinates35.033°N 32.417°E
Located inPaphos, Cyprus
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Polis (or Polis Chrysochous; or Πόλις Χρυσοχούς) is a town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of Chrysochous Bay, and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula nature reserve.

Polis is served by the fishing port of Latchi.

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History

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From the Ottoman period onwards, Polis became a mixed town, having sizeable Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The 1831 census, which recorded only males, showed a total male population of 150 with a Turkish Cypriot majority. By the turn of the century, the Greek Cypriots had become the majority, with the 1891 census showing a population of 476 (258 Greek Cypriots, 218 Turkish Cypriots).

During the intercommunal violence of 1963–64, all Turkish Cypriots of Polis and the nearby village of Prodromi took place in the town's Turkish secondary school. 714 Turkish Cypriots lived in overcrowded conditions in a strip of land with the area of "a few hundred squared yards" until 1974. This enclave was controlled by fighters from the Turkish Resistance Organisation (TMT). During the conflict in 1974, the quarter was attacked by Greek Cypriot militia, after which the Turkish Cypriot fighters fled. Following the August 1974 ceasefire, some Turkish Cypriots of the village escaped to the north via the mountains. The rest were evacuated in 1975. Some displaced Greek Cypriots from the north were then resettled in Poli.[1]

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