Kucuk announced that according to the census’ preliminary result the population in occupied areas is 294.906 Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (10.12.11) reports that according to the preliminary results of the population census conducted on 4 December, the population in the occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus is 294.906.

Kibris writes that according to a written statement of the self-styled prime minister Irsen Kucuk, there has been an 11.2% increase in the de-facto population, compared to the last population census that was conducted in 2006. Lefkosia is the most inhabited town, while Keryneia is coming second. Famagusta, which was the second inhabited town during the two previous censuses, is coming third. According to the results, there are 98 thousand 739 persons living in Lefkosia, 72 thousand 284 persons living in Keryneia, 69 thousand 273 persons living in Famagusta, 31 thousand 254 persons living in Morfou and 23 thousand 356 persons living in the Trikomo region.

 Compared to the 2006 census result, the population in Lefkosia was increased by 15.4%, the population in Keryneia was increased by 16.3%, the population in Famagusta was increased by 7.8%, the population in Trikomo was increased by 6.3% and the population in Morfou was increased only by 0.4%.

The paper notes that the de facto results cover all the persons who were within the “borders” of the breakaway regime the day the census was conducted. Kucuk stated that 900 more persons were registered the days after the day the census was held on 4 December. Finally, Kucuk who argued that the census was completed successfully, stated that the census results are very important for the occupation regime. This was the third census for the occupation regime. The first census was conducted in 1996 and the second one in 2006.