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Nicosia

First-level unit, Cyprus: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 6 first-level units
Page GRX-CYP-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO CYP / CYStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
487,444
people (GHSL 2025)
2,715 km²
area
41.9%
of Cyprus
173
units inside

01Kaart

Inside Nicosia

The 173 ADM2 units of Nicosia.

FIG 1 · 173 units inside Nicosia
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Mense · GHSL 2025

487,444

41.9% of Cyprus.

Mense · WorldPop 2025

501,525

+3% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

2,715 km²

180 people per km².

Code

CY-01

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Laagliggende kussone

463

people on land at or below 10 m, 0.1% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

173 units inside Nicosia

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Agia Eirini Lefkosias – 60 54 4.96 12 0% 0
Agia Kepir – 572 1,384 14.57 39 0.1% 0
Agia Marina Skyllouras – 16 186 21.35 1 0% 0
Agia Marina Xyliatou – 247 193 20.38 12 0% 0
Agia Varvara – 1,554 1,296 6.62 235 0.2% 0
Agia Varvara Lefkosias – 3,016 3,156 17.48 173 0.5% 0
Agioi Iliofotoi – 76 66 5.2 15 0% 0
Agioi Trimithias – 18,447 14,714 19.05 968 2.9% 0
Agios Dometios – 52,124 39,749 11.28 4,621 8.2% 0
Agios Epifanios Oreinis – 570 473 16.57 34 0.1% 0
Agios Epifanios Soleas – 148 248 7.54 20 0% 0
Agios Georgios Kafkaliou – 11 9 21.5 1 0% 0
Agios Georgios Soleas – 23 210 1.41 16 0% 0
Agios Ioannis Malountas – 795 659 14.58 55 0.1% 0
Agios Ioannis Selemani – 0 48 3.41 0 0% 0
Agios Nikolaos Soleas – 57 96 2.91 20 0% 0
Agios Sozomenos – 851 1,284 11.31 75 0.1% 0
Agios Theodoros Soleas – 660 629 21.34 31 0.1% 0
Agios Theodoros Tillrias – 20 82 11.89 2 0% 0
Agios Vasileios – 595 1,490 15.05 40 0.1% 0
Aglantzia – 7,809 8,945 31.81 245 1.2% 0
Agrokipia – 1,562 1,426 9.14 171 0.2% 0
Akaki – 3,779 3,450 25.84 146 0.6% 0
Alampra – 2,192 2,294 16.18 135 0.3% 0
Alayköy – 2,980 7,830 46.44 64 0.5% 0
Alevga – 2 9 2.87 1 0% 0
Alithinou – 13 6 3.37 4 0% 0
Alona – 306 306 7.4 41 0% 0
Ammadies – 15 100 5.33 3 0% 0
Ampelikou – 2,397 4,962 25.61 94 0.4% 66
Anageia – 504 504 4.05 124 0.1% 0
Analiontas – 898 820 9.94 90 0.1% 0
Angolemi – 286 788 9.55 30 0% 0
Apliki – 574 498 3.48 165 0.1% 0
Arediou – 1,493 1,493 12.01 124 0.2% 0
Argaki – 979 3,189 9.89 99 0.2% 0
Askas – 1,208 915 7.41 163 0.2% 0
Astromeritis – 2,626 2,748 18.04 146 0.4% 0
Avlona – 101 579 3.88 26 0% 0
Beïkioï – 149 371 1.98 75 0% 0
Dali – 8,142 10,019 30.27 269 1.3% 0
Deneia – 286 397 13.27 22 0% 0
Dyo Potamoi – 9 72 4.65 2 0% 0
Egkomi Lefkosias – 20,707 15,791 10.06 2,058 3.3% 0
Elia Lefkosias – 758 2,090 12.95 59 0.1% 0
Epicho – 957 2,379 12.71 75 0.2% 0
Episkopeio – 178 186 4.29 41 0% 0
Ergates – 3,152 3,152 10.89 289 0.5% 0
Evrychou – 196 228 13.27 15 0% 0
Exo Metochi – 1,905 4,736 12.61 151 0.3% 0
Farmakas – 360 313 15.96 23 0.1% 0
Fikardou – 228 265 6.63 34 0% 0
Flasou – 39 46 5.08 8 0% 0
Frodisia – 0 0 47.53 0 0% 0
Fterikoudi – 0 4 13.95 0 0% 0
Fyllia – 545 758 22.49 24 0.1% 0
Galata – 145 125 8.12 18 0% 0
Galini – 9 278 14.03 1 0% 0
Gerakies – 11 4 25.07 0 0% 0
Geri – 10,117 11,589 32.83 308 1.6% 0
Gourri – 18 33 17.07 1 0% 0
Kakopetria – 1,776 1,443 32.68 54 0.3% 0
Kalapanagiotis – 136 82 35.7 4 0% 0
Kaliana – 556 462 9.72 57 0.1% 0
Kalo Chorio Kapouti – 1,204 3,146 28.45 42 0.2% 0
Kalo Chorio Oreinis – 1,384 1,264 8.1 171 0.2% 0
Kalo Chorio Soleas – 410 3,779 4.81 85 0.1% 3
Kalyvakia – 65 119 9.38 7 0% 0
Kampi – 119 103 5.27 23 0% 0
Kampia – 64 187 13.54 5 0% 0
Kampos – 0 13 71.03 0 0% 0
Kanli – 2,376 3,262 8.44 282 0.4% 0
Kannavia – 307 279 16.9 18 0% 0
Kapedes – 2,094 1,386 20.88 100 0.3% 0
Karavostasi – 547 1,132 5.78 95 0.1% 0
Kataliontas – 168 212 4.88 34 0% 0
Kato Deftera – 2,305 2,305 7.48 308 0.4% 0
Kato Koutrafas – 74 64 4.38 17 0% 0
Kato Moni – 759 474 13.41 57 0.1% 0
Kato Pyrgos – 1,098 758 6.46 170 0.2% 9
Kato Zodeia – 6,459 14,387 23.87 271 1% 0
Katokopia – 658 3,776 10.58 62 0.1% 0
Katydata – 54 62 6.94 8 0% 0
Katydata – 497 833 6.92 72 0.1% 0
Kazivera – 331 828 6.97 47 0.1% 0
Kioneli – 7,123 9,781 25.65 278 1.1% 0
Klirou – 4,336 3,959 18.04 240 0.7% 0
Kokkina – 4 16 5 1 0% 0
Kokkinotrimithia – 2,288 2,288 24.09 95 0.4% 0
Korakou – 533 444 9.33 57 0.1% 0
Kotsiatis – 103 119 5.28 20 0% 0
Kourou Monastiri – 143 410 3.61 40 0% 0
Kyra – 49 391 17.08 3 0% 0
Kythrea – 775 1,836 32.86 24 0.1% 0
Lagoudera – 98 46 8.09 12 0% 0
Lakatameia – 78,670 75,196 27.86 2,824 12.4% 0
Latsia – 12,855 12,855 17.12 751 2% 0
Lazanias – 28 56 40.34 1 0% 0
Lefka – 77 252 27.35 3 0% 0
Lefkosia – 89,273 83,226 52.11 1,713 14.1% 0
Linou – 41 47 5.26 8 0% 0
Livadia Lefosias – 13 6 3.4 4 0% 0
Louroukina – 660 2,092 28.41 23 0.1% 0
Loutros – 6 38 9.33 1 0% 0
Lympia – 2,630 2,630 22.6 116 0.4% 0
Lythrodontas – 1,154 1,102 41.45 28 0.2% 0
Malounta – 1,020 932 5.97 171 0.2% 0
Mammari – 3,148 3,952 20.21 156 0.5% 0
Mandres Lefkosias – 16,088 17,610 19.07 844 2.5% 0
Mansoura – 2 6 1.95 1 0% 0
Margi – 497 573 9.24 54 0.1% 0
Margo – 25 143 17.24 1 0% 0
Masari – 98 559 3.75 26 0% 0
Mathiatis – 873 1,101 20.48 43 0.1% 0
Meniko – 337 291 22.89 15 0.1% 0
Mia Milia – 4,325 8,160 17.29 250 0.7% 0
Mitsero – 1,246 1,047 25.01 50 0.2% 0
Mora – 545 1,383 21.33 26 0.1% 0
Morfou – 1,320 2,622 58.46 23 0.2% 0
Moutoulias – 522 392 8.18 64 0.1% 0
Mylikouri – 93 52 94.67 1 0% 0
Neo Chorio Lefkosias – 4,133 11,203 18.04 229 0.7% 0
Nikitari – 431 373 33.24 13 0.1% 0
Nikitas – 182 454 3.82 48 0% 0
Nisou – 5,957 4,968 10.1 590 0.9% 0
Oikos – 17 10 3.22 5 0% 0
Orounta – 614 384 20.54 30 0.1% 0
Ortakioï – 37,969 30,291 7.42 5,117 6% 0
Pachyammos – 19 18 3.2 6 0% 0
Palaichori Morfou – 793 601 16.68 48 0.1% 0
Palaichori Oreinis – 431 630 18.29 24 0.1% 0
Palaikythro – 159 628 20.03 8 0% 0
Palaiometocho – 6,359 7,229 34.99 182 1% 0
Pano Deftera – 7,813 7,813 17.67 442 1.2% 0
Pano Koutrafas – 382 331 22.51 17 0.1% 0
Pano Pyrgos – 0 0 28.22 0 0% 0
Pano Zodeia – 6 159 16.14 0 0% 0
Pedoulas – 194 146 9.46 21 0% 0
Pentageia – 165 1,523 10.21 16 0% 0
Pera – 2,293 2,092 23 100 0.4% 0
Pera Chorio – 1,935 1,614 8.24 235 0.3% 0
Peristerona Lefkosias – 2,626 2,188 24.04 109 0.4% 0
Peristeronari – 67 620 4.16 16 0% 0
Petra – 351 967 11.73 30 0.1% 0
Petra tou Digeni – 348 865 4.62 75 0.1% 0
Pigenia – 720 1 16.6 43 0.1% 0
Platanistasa – 307 240 20.92 15 0% 0
Politiko – 1,051 1,100 17.6 60 0.2% 0
Polystypos – 76 76 1.83 42 0% 0
Potami – 155 147 11.04 14 0% 0
Potamia – 41 136 11.23 4 0% 0
Prastio Lefkosias – 1,204 3,008 11.14 108 0.2% 260
Psimolofou – 2,733 2,733 8.87 308 0.4% 0
Pyrogi – 92 307 7.53 12 0% 0
Saranti – 35 17 9.13 4 0% 0
Selladi tou Appi – 3 14 4.33 1 0% 0
Sinaoros – 86 82 3.31 26 0% 0
Skouriotissa – 24 39 1.2 20 0% 0
Skylloura – 1,001 2,505 18.25 55 0.2% 0
Spilia – 703 559 13.49 52 0.1% 0
Strovolos – 123,706 111,925 24.74 5,000 19.5% 0
Syrianochori – 322 658 8.36 39 0.1% 125
Temvria – 1,450 1,207 5.59 259 0.2% 0
Trachonas – 3,801 4,161 5.98 636 0.6% 0
Trachoni Lefkosias – 482 1,306 2.95 163 0.1% 0
Tsakistra – 240 116 31.9 8 0% 0
Tseri – 10,252 11,224 26.89 381 1.6% 0
Tymvou – 473 1,384 26.89 18 0.1% 0
Variseia – 1 169 12.09 0 0% 0
Voni – 376 934 4.99 75 0.1% 0
Vyzakia – 355 338 7.86 45 0.1% 0
Xerovounos – 74 828 27.41 3 0% 1
Xyliatos – 196 122 16.08 12 0% 0
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Hawens
None at this resolution
Lughawens
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Spoorweë
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Risiko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Nicosia publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Cyprus.
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06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Bronne

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen CYP ADM1, source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (share-alike: this boundary layer is offered under the same licence) · source · represents 2017. Offered under the same licence (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0), kept as its own layer and not merged into other data.
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen CYP ADM2, source: Wikipedia, Cyprus Department of Land Registry and Geometry, licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (share-alike: this boundary layer is offered under the same licence) · source · represents 2009. Offered under the same licence (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported), kept as its own layer and not merged into other data.
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Lande
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

Status

The methodology, structure and definitions of The Global Risks Index are a preparatory working draft (2026), circulated for review and comment and not for implementation. No value appears until an edition is released from a governed evidence cut; values then carry intervals, classes, sources and their correction pathway. Simulators run the published methods on numbers you choose and never show a NXS-GRX value.

A country profile reads public evidence about a place. It is not a statement by or about the policy of any government, takes no position on the status of any territory, and does not imply a national programme or participation. Names follow UN M49.

Wat NXS-GRX nie is nie

NXS-GRX is navorsings- en risiko-analise-inligting. Dit is nie 'n krediet- of ESG-gradering nie en gebruik geen graderingskaal nie, nie 'n maatstaf vir finansiële instrumente nie, nie amptelike statistiek nie, nie 'n noodwaarskuwing of amptelike klassifikasie nie, en nie advies nie. Dit mag nie gebruik word om natuurlike persone te evalueer nie. Risikoklasse is bande op 'n gepubliseerde skaal, nooit ranglyste van lande of mense nie.

Pulse-seine en vooruitskouwaarskynlikhede is inligting vir hersiening deur bevoegde owerhede, nooit openbare waarskuwings nie; amptelike waarskuwings kom slegs van gemandateerde owerhede.

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Avis en français

La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d’analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.