According to the 1960 Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, this group of people does not constitute a separate national group but it is considered to belong to the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community and share the Turkish cultural traditions.
[3] The Orthodox Christian Cypriot Roma live in the Southern part of Cyprus and are called Mandi.
The Mandithes in fact always lived mostly in the south, in Larnaca, but some also in Limassol, Paphos and Tylliria, and in Nicosia at the present area of Ayii Omologites, then known as Mandochori.
In Kythrea they built their own church, near Syrkania, dedicated to St George of the Mandia.
[5] The Council of Europe has estimated that there are approximately 1,250 Romani people living in Cyprus (0.16% of the population).