Kyrenia District

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Kyrenia District Επαρχία Κερύνειας (Greek) Girne Kazası (Turkish)
District
Location of the district in Cyprus
Country	Cyprus
Capital	Kyrenia
Area [1]
• Total	643.9 km2 (248.6 sq mi)
Population  (1960)
• Total	31,015 (de jure)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Post code	9000-9999
Area code	+357 27[a]

The Kyrenia District,^[b] or simply Kyrenia,^[c] is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital city is Kyrenia. It is the smallest of Cyprus's districts, and is the only one controlled in its entirety by the unrecognised de facto state of Northern Cyprus, where the same territory is administered as the de facto Girne District, a distinct entity.

It is bordered on the south by Nicosia District and on the east and south-east by Famagusta District. It includes much of the north coast, with the towns of Kyrenia, Lapethos and Karavas. Also the Kyrenia Mountains, which overlook the coast, with the prominent castles of St. Hilarion and Buffavento.

Unlike the portions of Nicosia, Famagusta and Larnaca under Occupied Cyprus' control, which are variously partitioned into five of its six districts, the boundaries of Cyprus's de jure Kyrenia District are coterminous with Northern Cyprus' de facto Girne District. A district administration-in-exile exists in the Republic of Cyprus-controlled part of the island, near Ledra Palace, while the TRNC district has a kaymakam.

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