Dhekelia

British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite TV service as well as BFBS radio broadcasts to the Dhekelia Sovereign Base (2009)

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

note: uses the euro

none

total: 130.8 sq km | note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves

about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC

temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

27.5 km

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

34 59 N, 33 45 E

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

total: 108 km | border countries (1): Cyprus 108 km

Eastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta

Middle East

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 | etymology: "Episkopi" means "episcopal" in Greek and stems from the fact that the site previously served as the bishop's seat of an Orthodox diocese

presented 3 August 1960, effective 16 August 1960 (The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, serves as a basic legal document); amended 1966 (2016)

conventional long form: none | conventional short form: Dhekelia

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

none (overseas territory of the UK)

none (overseas territory of the UK)

chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) | head of government: Administrator Major General James ILLINGWORTH (since 14 March 2017); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense | elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; administrator appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Ministry of Defense

the flag of the UK is used

highest courts: Senior Judges' Court (consists of several visiting judges from England and Wales) | judge selection and term of office: see entry for United Kingdom | subordinate courts: Resident Judges' Court; military courts

laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus; note - the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters

note: as a United Kingdom area of special sovereignty, "God Save the Queen" is official (see United Kingdom)

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.

defense is the responsibility of the UK; includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway

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English, Greek

approximately 15,500 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 9,700 Cypriots and 5,800 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents