CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Dhekelia


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!| Background:
 * By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovreignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
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!| Location: !| Geographic coordinates: !| Map references: !| Area: note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves !| Area - comparative: !| Climate: !| Environment - current issues: !| Geography - note:
 * on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta
 * 34 59 N, 33 45 E
 * Middle East
 * total: 130.8 sq km
 * about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
 * temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
 * netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn
 * British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
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!| Population: note: approximately 2,200 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
 * no indigenous personnel
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!| Country name: conventional short form: Dhekelia !| Dependency status: !| Capital: !| Legal system: !| Executive branch: elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch head of government: Administrator Maj. Gen. Peter Tomas Clayton PEARSON (since 9 May 2003) note - reports to the British Ministry of Defence !| Diplomatic representation in the US: !| Diplomatic representation from the US: !| Flag description:
 * conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
 * overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
 * Episkopi; located in Akrotiri
 * the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
 * chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952)
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * none (overseas territory of the UK)
 * the flag of the UK is used
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!| Economy - overview:
 * Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
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