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|nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = Morphou orange monument.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = The symbolic orange monument at the center of Morphou, representing the town's citrus industry |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Cyprus |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Morphou in Cyprus. |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = |subdivision_type1 = • District |subdivision_name1 = Nicosia District |subdivision_type2 = Country (controlled by) |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = • District |subdivision_name3 = Güzelyurt District |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Mahmut Özçınar |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 18946 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |timezone = EET |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = +2 |latd=35 |latm=11 |lats=53 |latNS=N |longd=32 |longm=59 |longs=38 |longEW=E |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_type = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} Morphou ((ギリシア語:Μόρφου); (トルコ語:Omorfo) or ) is a town in the northwestern part of Cyprus, under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. It is the administrative center of the Güzelyurt District of Northern Cyprus. Having been a predominantly Greek Cypriot community before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the town is now inhabited by Turkish Cypriots. With a population of 18,000 people, the town is famous for its apples, vegetables, grapefruit and melons, for which a large proportion of the citrus fruits are exported and the remainder are turned into fruit juice and canned for local consumption and export. Morphou is also famous for its annual Orange Festival, which is a major event lasting two weeks. ==History== Morphou was founded by Spartans who brought with them the worship of Aphrodite. In the Middle Ages, the city was referred to as Morphou but also Theomorphou.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/morphou/morphou.html )〕 The Morphou area grew more than half of Cyprus citrus fruits. In 16th and 17th centuries, during Ottoman period, Morphou was famous for its export of linen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/history/ottoman/index.html )〕 It contains one of the many churches in the country dedicated to St. Mamas, popularly believed to have lived as a hermit in a cave near Morphou. According to local legend, he was a hermit living in very poor circumstances and when the authorities tried to tax him, he evaded them. Soldiers were sent out and captured him but on the way back to town, he saw a lion attacking a lamb, escaped the soldiers, saved the lamb, jumped on the lion's back and in that way came to town. His bravery earned him exemption from tax, hence his traditional attribute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=nostos.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''St. Mamas Monastery'' )〕 Before 1974, Morphou was an almost entirely Greek Cypriot community. According to the 1960 population census it was inhabited by 6480 Greek Cypriots, 123 Turkish Cypriots and 32 Maronites.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.peace-cyprus.org/VillagersMeeting/mixedvillagepop.pdf )〕 Between 1907 and 1948, Morphou was one of the prominent stations of the Cyprus Government Railway. In the wake of the intercommunal violence called "Bloody Christmas", the majority of the Turkish Cypriot population fled the town in January 1964, though one-third remained. As a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, all of the Greek Cypriots of Morphou fled to the south of the island, and Morphou was inhabited by displaced Turkish Cypriots from the south. These people hailed from various villages in the Paphos district and the town of Paphos, though there were some who came from Limassol and the villages around it. This turned Morphou into a refugee town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=334 )〕 The population of Morphou increased slightly from 2006 to 2011.〔(TRNC's 2006 Official Census ) TRNC's 2006 Official Census - Table1〕 The agriculture in Morphou is expected to be boosted via the increase in irrigated farming by the help of the water pipe-line from Turkey.〔(Todays Zaman ) Finalization of water pipeline to Northern Cyprus to boost agriculture, economy〕 The church is an icon museum now. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morphou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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