Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force established a buffer zonebetween the Greek Republic of Cyprus and the newly created Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The Green Line, as the demilitarized zone is also called, runs for more than 180 km (112 miles) cutting the island of Cyprus in two. The zone’s width ranges from 3.3 meters (11 feet) to 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles).
Today there are still thousands of people who live in several villages or work in farm land which happens to be inside the zone. In the part of the zone that crosses to city of Nicosia though, the situation is different. The zone contains many houses and businesses left abandoned in 1974 as well as the Nicosia International Airport which has seen no flights since 1977.
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