North municipality to conduct local census
A municipality in the north is set to hold a census, breaking ranks with the current ‘government’ policy of calculating populations via projection and avoiding censuses. The mayor of the combined Lapithos, Karavas, and Myrtou municipality announced the move, stating that a comprehensive census will be organized to better understand the population structure in the region and direct municipal services according to demands and needs. Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Serhat Akpinar believes the north’s population to be a million, while the official estimate is around 400,000.