arableLand
background
Independence from the UK was a ...... to a comprehensive settlement.
birthRate
capital
climate
temperate, Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool, winters
coastline
comparativeArea
about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
constitution
16 August 1960; negotiations t ...... ed by referendum on 5 May 1985
conventionalLongCountryName
Republic of Cyprus
conventionalShortCountryName
currency
Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish lira (TRL)
currencyCode
deathRate
economyOverview
Economic affairs are affected ...... ism, education, industry, etc.
electricityExports
electricityImports
electricityProductionFossilFuel
electricityProductionHydro
electricityProductionNuclear
electricityProductionOther
environmentalAgreementPartyTo
environmentalAgreementSigned
environmentalIssue
coastal degradation
loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization
water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes
water resource problems
fiscalYear
calendar year
flagDescription
white with a copper-colored si ...... Greek and Turkish communities
forestsAndWoodland
geographicCoordinates
governmentType
grossDomesticProductRealGrowth
Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 4.9
heliports
highestPoint
illicitDrugs
minor transit point for heroin ...... cially from Lebanon and Turkey
some cocaine transits as well
independence
16 August 1960 (from UK); note ...... self-rule on 13 February 1975
industrialProductionGrowthRate
Greek Cypriot area: 2.2% (1999); Turkish Cypriot area: -0.3
infantMortalityRate
inflationRate
Greek Cypriot area: 4.2% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 58
internationalDispute
1974 hostilities divided the i ...... buffer zone (4% of the island)
there are two UK sovereign bas ...... Cypriot portion of the island