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Introduction
By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.
[+] Geography
Locaion
Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
Geographic Co ordinates
34 37 N, 32 58 E
Land Boundries
Total:47.4 km
Border countries:Cyprus 47.4 km
Geography - note
British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land
[+] People
Population
approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 Service and UK-based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Country comparison to the world:218
Languages
English, Greek
[+] Government
Country Name
Conventional long form:none
Conventional short form:Akrotiri
Capital
Name:Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
Geographic coordinates:34 40 N, 32 51 E
Time difference:UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Constitution
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
Legal system
the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
Executive branch
Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Head of government: Administrator Major General Jamie GORDON (since October 2008);
note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense
Elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; the administrator appointed by the monarch
Diplomatic representation in the US
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation from the US
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Flag description
the flag of the UK is used
Map
References
Akrotiri - Wikipedia
Akrotiri - CIA World Fact Book
