Zygi

Zygi (Greek: Ζύγι; Turkish: Terazi) is a small village on the south coast of Cyprus, between Limassol and Larnaca. Before 1974, Zygi had a mixed Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot population.[1]

For the given name, see Zygi (given name). For the ancient tribe on the Black Sea, see Zygii.
Zygi
Zygi
Coordinates: 34°44′N 33°20′E
Country Cyprus
DistrictLarnaca District
Population
 (2018)
 • Total803
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.zygi.com

Explosion

The Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion of 11 July 2011 damaged every house in the village.

Refugee centre controversy

In 2018, the village was the site of protests supported by anti-immigrant party ELAM and members of the local council against the building of a centre for unaccompanied refugee children. [2][3] Other residents disputed the protest.[4]

This controversy led to some Cypriots calling for a boycot of the village, which is famous for its taverns. Notably, a trip to the village by a nearby school was cancelled, after students refused to go, as they considered that their immigrant classmates wouldn't be welcome [5].

Notable residents

Notable people who reside in the village are horror-mystery writer Fivos Kyprianou and folklore poet Chambis Achniotis.


gollark: This clearly vindicates me never* going outside, which has no other detrimental consequences.
gollark: I can't actually do regular pullups. Maybe I should not not do that somehow.
gollark: Work out while in class/flying, as a "power move".
gollark: It would be like trying to reverse-engineer a program by counting the number of zeros in the CPU's registers while it's running, or something.
gollark: To clarify, I'm saying you can't really usefully predict someone's behaviour by saying "well, they went serotonin and dopamine", since those are too low-level.

References
  1. "ZYGI". Internal Displacement in Cyprus. PRIO Cyprus Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  2. https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/11/06/outraged-zygi-residents-halt-work-on-unaccompanied-minors-centre/
  3. http://politis.com.cy/article/ta-orfana-tou-zigiou-ke-i-anthropia-pou-chathike
  4. http://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zygi-community-divided-over-refugee-facility
  5. http://politis.com.cy/article/mathites-arnithikan-na-metavoun-se-ekdromi-sto-zigi


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