| Geography | Cyprus |
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Location:
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Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey |
Geographic coordinates:
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35 00 N, 33 00 E |
Map references:
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Middle East |
Area:
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total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
land: 9,240 sq km
water: 10 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut |
Land boundaries:
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total: 150.4 km (approximately)
border sovereign base areas: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia 103 km (approximately) |
Coastline:
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648 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
Climate:
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temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters |
Terrain:
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central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m |
Natural resources:
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copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment |
Land use:
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arable land: 10.81%
permanent crops: 4.32%
other: 84.87% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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400 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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0.4 cu km (2005) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.21 cu km/yr (27%/1%/71%)
Per capita: 250 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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moderate earthquake activity; droughts |
Environment - current issues:
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water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia) |
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