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|official_name = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline =Lefke heykel.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Orange monument in Lefka town center, representing its rich orange groves |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |pushpin_map = Cyprus |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Cyprus |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = |subdivision_type1 = • District |subdivision_name1 = Nicosia District |subdivision_type2 = Country (controlled by) |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = • District |subdivision_name3 = Güzelyurt District |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Aziz Kaya〔(Lefke'de Aziz Kaya Baskan )〕 |leader_party = CTP |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 3009 |population_density_km2 = |population_blank1_title = Municipality |population_blank1 = 11091 |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |latd=35|latm=6|lats=48|latNS=N |longd=32|longm=51|longs=4|longEW=E |coordinates_type = region:CY_type:city |coordinates_display = display=inline,title |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Lefka ((ギリシア語:Λεύκα); (トルコ語:Lefke)) is a town in Cyprus, overlooking Morphou Bay. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. In 2011, the town-proper had 3,009 inhabitants. Lefka is known for its citrus fruits and mines. It is the site of the European University of Lefke. During the Venetian period in Cyprus, Lefka was dominated by Catholics of Italian descent. Turks migrated to Lefka during Ottoman rule. Asil Nadir and Nil Burak were born in Lefka. The city houses the tomb of Nazim al-Haqqani, spiritual head of the Haqqani branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, died on 7 May, 2014. == History == The first settlement in the Lefka area dates from the Neolithic period. According to one hypothesis, the town was founded in the 3rd century BC by Lefkos, the son of the Ptolemy king of Egypt, who is also said to have founded Nicosia (known as Lefkosia), and named after him. Another hypothesis states that a sick Christian girl named "Lefka", meaning poplar in Greek, came to the town to be healed by the clean air from the mountains. According to the legend, she lived in Lefka for a long time and died in the town, and the town was named after her to honor her memory. Lefka has historically been a copper mining town. The copper reserves around the town were first mined in the middle bronze age. Their operation continued into the Phoenician and Roman rules. They were closed by the end of the Roman period, in around 150. Ancient tombs dating to Hellenistic and Roman eras (between 310 BC and 150 AD) have been found around the town. In the Roman period, the nearby Karavostasi served as a port town for trade with and transport to Egypt.〔 A church dedicated to Saint George is known to have existed in the town during the Byzantine rule. Under the Lusignans and Venetians, Lefka served as a district capital, home to Frankish and Latin captains, barons and officers. The Lusignan royal family sought refuge in the town when Cyprus was attacked by the Mamluks in 1425. The town was home to a clean and simple inn in the Middle Ages, serving as a lodging place for those who visited the churches in Soli, Vouni, Solia and Maratasa in the Troodos Mountains. The count of Jaffa had a farm in the nearby Peristeronari.〔 After the 1571 Ottoman conquest of Cyprus, Turks from Anatolia were settled in the land and houses that belonged to the Latins in the town. Later, Ottoman officers and their descendants whose service in the island was over also settled in the town.〔 Lefka thus became a mixed town with a Turkish Cypriot majority and Greek Cypriot minority; in 1831, its adult male population was 328, comprising 294 Turkish Cypriots and 34 Greek Cypriots. In 1891, its population was 907, with 741 Turkish and 166 Greek Cypriots. The population increased to 1143 in 1901, then dropped to 1008 in 1911. In 1921, the population was 1163.〔 After 1921, the population increased rapidly as the copper mines began to be operated again by the Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC). The population was 1781 in 1931 and 3666 (2685 Turkish Cypriots and 981 Greek Cypriots) in 1946. Due to the Cypriot intercommunal violence, most of the Greek Cypriot population of the town fled in the late 1950s. The town became a Turkish Cypriot enclave following the Bloody Christmas of 1963-64, and it saw an influx of Turkish Cypriot refugees from nearby villages, which they were forced to leave. The population has increased from 3674 (3586 Turkish Cypriots, 88 Greek Cypriots) in 1960 to a purely Turkish Cypriot 4544 in 1973.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=322 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lefka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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