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Features of Cyprus* |
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Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea,
south of Turkey
Map references: Middle East
People
Population: 744,609 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25% (male 97,400; female 92,110)
15-64 years: 64% (male 240,716; female 238,039)
65 years and over: 11% (male 33,340; female 43,004)
(July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.11% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 8.4 deaths/1,000 live births
(1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.26 years
male: 74.11 years
female: 78.52 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions:
total: Greek 78% (99.5% of the Greeks live in the Greek
area; 0.5% of the Greeks live in the Turkish area), Turkish
18% (1.3% of the Turks live in the Greek area; 98.7% of the
Turks live in the Turkish area), other 4% (99.2% of the other
ethnic groups live in the Greek area; 0.8% of the other ethnic
groups live in the Turkish area)
Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite,
Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
Languages: Greek, Turkish, English
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1987
est.)
total population: 94%
male: 98%
female: 91%
Government
Country Abbreviation: CY
Type of government: republic
note:
Independence: 16 August 1960 (from UK)
note:
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October
note: Turkish area celebrates 15 November as
Independence Day
Constitution:
Legal system: based on common law, with civil law
modifications
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL, Communist
Party), Dimitrios CHRISTOFIAS; Democratic Rally (DISY),
Ioannis MATSIS; Democratic Party (DIKO), Spyros KYPRIANOU;
United Democratic Union of the Center (EDEK), Vassos
LYSSARIDIS; Socialist Democratic Renewal Movement (ADISOK),
Mikhalis PAPAPETROU; Liberal Party, Nikolaos ROLANDIS; Free
Democrats, Yeoryios VASSILIOU; New Horizons, Nikolaos KOUTSOU,
secretary general
\i Turkish area:
Other political or pressure groups:
International organization participation: C, CCC, CE,
EBRD, ECE, EU (applicant), FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarset, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAS (observer), OSCE, PCA,
UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Andreas J. JACOVIDES
chancery: 2211 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 462-5772
consulate(s) general: New York
note: Representative of the Turkish area in the US is
Namik KORMAN, office at 1667 K Street NW, Washington, DC,
telephone [1] (202) 887-6198
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Richard A. BOUCHER
embassy: corner of Metochiou and Ploutarchou Streets,
Engomi, Nicosia
mailing address: P. O. Box 4536, FPO AE 09836
telephone: [357] (2) 476100
FAX: [357] (2) 465944
Flag:
note: the Turkish Cypriot flag has a horizontal red
stripe at the top and bottom between which is a red crescent
and red star on a white field
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP:
\i Greek area: purchasing power parity - $7.8 billion (1995
est.)
\i Turkish area: purchasing power parity - $520 million (1995
est.)
GDP real growth rate:
\i Greek area: 5% (1995 est.)
\i Turkish area: 0.5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita:
\i Greek area: $13,000 (1995 est.)
\i Turkish area: $3,900 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
\i Greek area: 2.7% (1994)
\i Turkish area: 1.6% (1994)
Communications
Telephones: 331,000 (1995 est.)
Radio broadcast stations:
\i Greek area: AM 11, FM 8, shortwave 0
\i Turkish area: AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0
Radios:
\i Greek area: 270,000 (1993 est.)
\i Turkish area: 42,170 (1985 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
\i Greek area: 1 (repeaters 34)
\i Turkish area: 1
Televisions:
\i Greek area: 107,000 (1992 est.)
\i Turkish area: 75,000 (1993 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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