DIKOMO PANO

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Dikomo is a village located in the Kyrenia district of Cyprus, about halfway between Nicosia and Kyrenia. It lies eight kilometers south of the town of Kyrenia, on the southern slopes of the Five Finger (Kyrenia) mountain range. This large village consists of both an upper and a lower part:

Before 1974, both parts of the village were solely inhabited by Greek Cypriots. Dikomo is also mentioned by Mariti in his "Viaggi " (1769) as the residence of a Turkish Agha or district governor. Turkish Cypriots changed its name in 1975 to Dikmen, meaning “conical hill.” After 1974, it became the single municipality of Dikmen. All the censuses conducted after 1974 list both the lower and upper parts of the village simply as Dikmen. 
 
Historical Population

As can be seen from the chart above, in the Ottoman census of 1831, Christians constituted the only inhabitants of the village (both Pano and Kato). At the turn of the century there were no Muslim families in the village. Its population steadily increased from 307 in 1891 to 692 in 1960.

Displacement:

All of the village’s inhabitants were displaced in 1974, when in July they fled from the advancing Turkish army to the southern part of the island. Currently, like the rest of the displaced Greek Cypriots, the Greek Cypriots of Pano Dikomo are scattered throughout the island’s south, with small pockets in towns. The number of the Pano Dikomo Greek Cypriots who were displaced in 1974 was around 655 (653 in the 1973 census).

Current Inhabitants:

Today this small town (both Kato and Pano) is mainly inhabited by displaced Turkish Cypriots from the island’s south, including some families from Kotsiatis(052) (Koççat or Koçyatağı in Turkish), Dali(024) and Armenochori(258). However, the resettlement of this particular location was different from other villages in that it did not receive a large number of Turkish Cypriot displaced persons from a single location. Rather, the town’s current inhabitants came from various locations, including many civil servant families from Nicosia, as well as persons whose houses were near the ceasefire line and hence in what were considered dangerous locations. There are also some Turkish nationals living in the village. The 2006 Turkish Cypriot census puts Dikomo’s population at 2,605 (including Kato and Pano Dikomo).  

 
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