Arab Ahmet, Nicosia
| Arab Ahmet | |
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| Άραπ Άχμετ, Arab Ahmet | |
Zahra Street along the city walls
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 Arab Ahmet
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| Coordinates: 35°10′38″N 33°21′28″E / 35.17722°N 33.35778°ECoordinates: 35°10′38″N 33°21′28″E / 35.17722°N 33.35778°E | |
| Country |
 Cyprus
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| • District | Nicosia District |
| Country (controlled by) |
 Northern Cyprus
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| • District | Lefkoşa District |
| Municipality | North Nicosia |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,550 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Arab Ahmet is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus and the mosque situated therein. Both the Quarter and the mosque are named after Arab Ahmet Pasha, one of the Turkish commanders in the Ottoman conquest of Nicosia. It is spelled Arabahmet in Turkish and Άραπ Άχμετ in Greek.
At the last Census (2011) it had a population of 3,550. It covers the historic Arab Ahmet neighbourhood in the west of Nicosia within the walls, plus an area west of that outside the walls up to the municipal boundary
The population in 1946 was 2,617 (576 Greek, 846 Turkish, 1195 other - mostly Armenian, some Latin community). Together with the neighbouring Karamanzade Neighbourhood, it was part of the predominantly Armenian area of Nicosia.
The Neighbourhood outside the walls, is now delimited by the Dept. of Lands and Surveys as follows: The boundary line passes from the point of the Quirini or Cephane (Jeb Khane) bastion to the roundabout just north of the bastion. Namely, the roundabout at the corner of the former site of the Turkish Cemetery, now the site of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus. From there the boundary continues along Bedrettin Demirel Avenue (Hilarion Avenue) for about a mile to the old municipal boundary. The boundary is then coterminous with the municipal border in a south-westerly direction until the vicinity of the Central Prison. From here the boundary passes south of the prison due east, via Norman St., thence along Dereboyu Avenue and Markos Drakos Ave. until the point of the Roccas bastion. This area includes the Ledra Palace Hotel, British High Commission, Central Prison and the Turkish Cypriot Assembly of the Republic. Parts of the neighborhood outside the walls in the north have been detached from the Arab Ahmet neighbourhood and are now considered parts of Köşklüçiftlik.
Arab Ahmet was one of the original 12 Quarters as they existed shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Nicosia in 1570 and, like the others, was named after and put in charge of one of the commanders of the victorious army
It is one of the later 24 historic Quarters or Neighbourhoods of Nicosia within the walls. In 1923 it was extended to encompass an extensive area outside the walls, linked by the road just to the north of the Mula (Zahra) bastion. According to the 1923 boundary extension beyond the walls, the northern boundary (with Ibrahim Pasha Quarter) was formed by a straight line from the salient of the Quirini/Cephane bastion, to the south-west comer of the Turkish cemetery. The southern boundary (with Tophane Quarter - renamed Ayios Andreas in Sept. 1945) ran West from the "new" entrance, Paphos Gate, along the Bridge Road, across the Pediaios Potamos Bridge and along the Central Prison Road until it meets the Town boundary. (Subsequent adjustment placed the southern boundary slightly north of this ).
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