Louroujina salient

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The Louroujina Salient (35° 00′33″N, 33° 27′52″E) marks the southernmost extent of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a de facto state / break-away state not recognized by the international community. It is named after the Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina (Official TRNC name after 1974 Akıncılar). When the Turkish military invasion took place in 1974, this village was secured so as to place it within a contiguous Turkish Cypriot zone, which later became in 1975, the Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus, then in 1983, the TRNC. It is accessible only by one road from the rest of the TRNC. The UN Buffer Zone separates the salient from the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus.

On some Greek Cypriot maps, the village is spelt as Loyroykina, or Lurucina.

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