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Karavas Καραβάς (Greek) Alsancak (Turkish)
Municipality
Karavas Location in Cyprus
Coordinates:35°20′50″N33°12′28″E / 35.34722°N 33.20778°E /35.34722; 33.20778
Country(de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country(de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	Girne District
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	6,597
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	Alsancak Turkish municipality The municipality in NC e-Gov portal

Karavas (Greek:Καραβάς;Turkish:Alsancak) is a town in the north of theCyprus island. It is under thede facto control ofNorthern Cyprus. As of 2011^[update], the town has a population of 6,597.^[2]

The nameKaravas comes from theGreekkarávi (καράβι), meaning "ship".The nameAlsancak comes from the two Turkish wordsAl, meaning "Red" and 'Sancak meaning "flag".

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Prior to theTurkish invasion in 1974, Karavas had a Greek population of approximately 2200. Karavas was captured by theTurkish Army before the secondTurkish invasion of Cyprus after July 20, 1974. The city was attacked on August 6, during the so-called armistice. AllGreek Cypriot inhabitants were forced out of Karavas by Turkish military forces and have become refugees, living in Cyprus and abroad. Following the population exchange assisted by the United Nations where the Turkish Cypriots forced from their villages in the South were transported to the safety of the North, today the village is home mostly to those Turkish Cypriots displaced from their original village Mandria in the Paphos region left in the south of the island.

The Turkish Cypriot municipality Alsancak was founded in 1974.

"Pente Mili" is one of the most beautiful beaches in Karavas.

TheCyprus Treasure, an impressive collection of silver vessels, dishes, spoons and jewelry, was found here in 1902 and 1917. It can be found in theBritish Museum inLondon,Metropolitan Museum of Art inNew York City and the Cyprus Museum inNicosia.

Karavas is the birthplace of the Cypriot-Americanorganic chemistK. C. Nicolaou.

Karavas istwinned with:

• Karavas, Cythera, Greece (since 1997)
• Bornova, İzmir, Turkey (since 2011)^[3]
• Gazipaşa, Antalya, Turkey (since 2015)^[4]

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