Pyla

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Pyla (Turkish: Pile) is a village in Larnaca province, Cyprus. The village is located in the eastern part of the island, in the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus, that separates the internationally recognized southern part of the island from the Turkish-occupied northern third of the island. The village is located very close to the UK Dhekelia Base. From a legal point of view, it is administered as all other areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.

The village is special in the respect that it is the only settlement in Cyprus still inhabited by both its original Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot inhabitants. The village has two churches and one mosque.

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