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Gypsou
village
Γύψου (Greek) Akova (Turkish)
Gypsou Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°15′26″N 33°47′9″E / 35.25722°N 33.78583°E / 35.25722; 33.78583
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Famagusta District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	Gazimağusa District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Gypsou (Greek: Γύψου; Turkish: Akova), sometimes also Gypsos (from Gypsum), is a village located in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near the town of Lefkoniko. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

The village got its name from a small hill about 1 mile to the north. From this hill the locals produced Plaster of Paris, commonly known as Gypsum hence the name Gypsos.^[2]

The climate is hot in summer with temperatures sometimes reaching 40 °C or 104 °F in August, whilst the winters are pleasant with maxima averaging about 15 °C or 59 °F in the winter months of January and February. The village was connected to the electricity network early in 1959-60 and all village roads surfaced with asphalt in 1962.^{[citation needed]}

This is a mainly small scale farming village with farmers producing wheat, barley, vegetables and fruit. ^{[citation needed]}

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