"Population in northern Cyprus rises significantly: census
www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-07 03:08:10
NICOSIA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The overall population in the Turkish Cypriot-controlled northern Cyprus rose by 31.7 percent compared with 1996, initial result of census showed on Saturday.Last Sunday's census in northern Cyprus also showed a marked trend towards urbanization.
'The population has risen from 200,587 in 1996 to 264,172 in 2006,' prime minister of the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ferdi Sabit Soyer was quoted as saying.However, he was unable to give details on the proportion of the de facto population and the number of Turkish settlers in the north."
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