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factbook:area_comparative about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
factbook:area_note includes a salt lake and wetlands
factbook:area_total 123
factbook:background 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.
factbook:capital_daylightsavingtime +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
factbook:capital_geographiccoordinates 34 40 N, 32 51 E
factbook:capital_name Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
factbook:capital_timedifference UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
factbook:climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
factbook:coastline_total 56 (xsd:long)
factbook:constitution Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960
factbook:countryname_conventionallongform Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area
factbook:countryname_conventionalshortform Akrotiri
factbook:currency_code Cypriot pound (CYP)
foaf:depiction
factbook:economy_overview Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
factbook:environment_currentissues shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base
factbook:executivebranch_chiefofstate Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
factbook:executivebranch_elections none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
factbook:executivebranch_headofgovernment Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense
factbook:factbookcode ax
factbook:flag <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ax-flag.gif>
factbook:flagdescription the flag of the UK is used
factbook:geographiccoordinates_latitude 34.6166666666667E0 (xsd:double)
factbook:geographiccoordinates_longitude 32.9666666666667E0 (xsd:double)
rdfs:label Akrotiri
is factbook:landboundary of db:Cyprus
factbook:landboundary db:Cyprus
factbook:large_flag <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ax-lgflag.gif>
factbook:legalsystem the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
factbook:location peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
foaf:logo <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/ax-flag.gif>
factbook:map <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/ax-map.gif>
factbook:name Akrotiri
factbook:population_note approximately 1300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
factbook:population_total 0 (xsd:long)
factbook:radiobroadcaststations AM NA, FM 1, shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
factbook:televisionbroadcaststations 0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia)
rdf:type factbook:Country
factbook:url <https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ax.html>

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