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Achna

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Country
  
Cyprus

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Country (controlled by)
  
Northern Cyprus

Team
  
Ethnikos Achna FC

Achna

Weather
  
18°C, Wind NE at 26 km/h, 55% Humidity

Achna (Greek: Άχνα; Turkish: Düzce) is an abandoned village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is just north of the Buffer Zone and it is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, its displaced inhabitants built a new village nearby.

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Map of Achna

Achna is known for its football club, Ethnikos Achna FC. Ethnikos Achna won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2006.

New village

The inhabitants of Achna built a provisional tent village in the Achna forest (Dasaki tis Achnas), some hundred meters away from their old village, and later started to build a new village, Dasaki Achnas, near the old location, within the confines of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.

Dasaki Achnas' population in 2011 was 2,087.

References

Achna Wikipedia