GeoPointe - Cyprus

Official Name: Republic of Cyprus

Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey.

Capital: Nicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa)

Area:	total: 9,251 sq km
	land: 9,2401sq km
	water: 10 sq km

Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

Highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m

Head of Apollo, "The Chatsworth Head", Greek, from Tamassos in Cyprus, c.470-460 BC (bronze)

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Population: 1,172,458 (July 2014 est.) Nationality: Cypriot(s) Ethnic groups: Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, other (includes Maronite and Armenian Apostolic) Languages: Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filippino 1.1%, other 4.3%

Temperate. Mediterranean with hot dry summers and cool winters

Government type: Republic

Independence: 16 August 1960 (from UK). Turkish Cypriot area proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975

National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1960). Turkish Cypriot area celebrates 15 November (1983) as Independence Day