Davlos and Kantara

Davlos is a purely Greek community of the occupied part of the District of Ammochostos.

Geographical Location: It lies 34 klm North of the town of Ammochostos, on the Northern slopes of the Pentadaktylos mountain range, one klm away from the coast at a height of 70m.

Population: The population of these communities in 1960 numbered 462 all Greek.

Schools: The greek Primary School that operated here before the Turkish Invasion of 1974 had during the 1973-74 school year 30 students.

Effects of Turkish Invasion: During the Turkish Invasion of 1974 the communities were taken over by the Turkish army and as a result the whole of their Greek population was displaced. Since then, the Turkish occupation forces and the illegal occupation authority prohibit their return.