Mia Milia


Mia Milia is an industrialised village and an eastern suburb of North Nicosia. Mia Milia is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus and functions as a separate municipality. The Cyprus International University and the new Nicosia bi-communal water treatment plant are located within its boundaries.
Mia Milia is recorded as early as the early 13th century in papal documents.
In 1973, Mia Milia had an all-Greek Cypriot population of 1,381. As of 2011, it had a population of 4,204, comprising Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals. Migrant workers have set up a shanty town near the industrial area.

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