Broadcast media (Radio broadcast stations) [time series]

AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)

Broadcast media (Television broadcast stations) [time series]

0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)

Economic overview (Economy - overview) [time series]

Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.

Exchange rates [time series]

euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008) note: on 1 January 2008, Dhekelia and Akrotiri adopted the euro along with the rest of Cyprus

Industries [time series]

none

Area [time series]

total: 130.8 sq km country comparison to the world: 222 note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves

Area - comparative [time series]

about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC

Climate [time series]

temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

Coastline [time series]

27.5 km

Environment - current issues [time series]

netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn

Geographic coordinates [time series]

34 59 N, 33 45 E

Geography - note [time series]

British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land

Land boundaries [time series]

total: 103 km (approximately) border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)

Location [time series]

Eastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta

Map references [time series]

Europe

Capital [time series]

name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri 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 [time series]

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document

Country name [time series]

conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Dhekelia

Dependency status [time series]

a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus

Diplomatic representation from the US [time series]

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Diplomatic representation in the US [time series]

none (overseas territory of the UK)

Executive branch [time series]

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 monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch

Flag (Flag description) [time series]

the flag of the UK is used

Legal system [time series]

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

Background [time series]

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 larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.

Military - note [time series]

includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway

Languages [time series]

English, Greek

Population [time series]

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: 219