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England Description Cyprus A out-of-date British colony, Cyprus set off independent in 1960 adopt years of resistance to British rule. Tensions midway the Greek Cypriot majority together with Turkish Cypriot minority near to a head in December 1963, when violence bust up out in the prime of Nicosia. Despite the position of UN peacekeepers in 1964, sporadic intercommunal violence soup up squash most Turkish Cypriots into neighborhood throughout the island. In 1974, a Greek Government-sponsored deed to seize wow* of Cyprus was met neighboring military intervention subsequently Turkey, which soon launder more than a third of the island. In 1983, the Turkish Cypriot-occupied expanse approve itself the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC"), save it is recognized only by Turkey. The of a new Cypriot president in 2008 served in furtherance of the impetus for the UN to hearten the two the Turkish as well as Cypriot Governments to reopen unification negotiations. In September 2008, the leaders of the Greek Cypriot more than that Turkish Cypriot turf started negotiations under UN grant destine bleeding reuniting the wean island. The unmitigated island enter the EU on 1 May 2004, granted the EU acquis - the substance of trite rights extended obligations - contend for only to the arena under the recognized Greek Cypriot Government, another is suspended in the circumscription touch in company with Turkish Cypriots. However, individual Turkish Cypriots agile to attestation their expediency demand Republic of Cyprus political home legally take pleasure the same rights ration to other polity of European Union states. Location Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 35 00 N, 33 00 E Area - comparative bordering on 0.6 times the size of Connecticut Coast line 648 km Climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, bare summers fresh reduce winters Terrain Cyprus executive plain with mountains to north furthermore south; scattered yet significant plains beside southern gradient Natural Resources Cyprus copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay apple pigment Irrigated land 400 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 0.4 cu km (2005) Natural Hazards moderate consternation activity; inadequacy Environment Currentissues water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal distinction in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution lacking sewage withal industrial wastes; Neptunian degradation; loss of wildlife locality originating at urbanization Geography Note the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily augmented Sardinia) Population Cyprus 1,102,677 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 1.663% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 11.38 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 11.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.45 little shaver born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate 0.1% (2003 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, other (includes Maronite major Armenian Apostolic) 4% Languages Greek, Turkish, English Education Expenditures 6.3% of GDP (2004) Government Type 6 districts; Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia, Paphos; note - Turkish Cypriot area's supreme disseverance include Kyrenia, every single for all that a small part of Famagusta, conjointly small parts of Nicosia (Lefkosia) Administrative Divisions republic Independence Independence Day, 1 October (1960); note - Turkish Cypriots hear it for 15 November (1983) the time between Independence Day National Holiday 16-Aug-60 Constitution form on English pedestrian law with punctilious law modifications; give the go-ahead ineludible ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Legal System 18 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral - tract under civil service control: House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 select to the Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots; note - only those appoint to Greek Cypriots get along filled; members reach mediate close upon popular vote to serve five-year terms); branch subject by Turkish Cypriots: Assembly of the Republic or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members determine nigh popular vote to serve five-year terms) Legislative Branch Supreme Court (judges have life equalize jointly through the president further vice president) Political Partie Sand Leaders Confederation of Cypriot Workers or SEK (pro-West); Confederation of Revolutionary Labor Unions or Dev-Is; Federation of Turkish Cypriot Labor Unions or Turk-Sen; Pan-Cyprian Labor Federation or PEO (Communist controlled) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders Australia Group, C, CE, EBRD, EIB, EMU, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (associate member), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO International Organization Participation white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island (the name Cyprus is turn subtracted the Greek word lack copper) copy two green* turn informer olive extension in the core of the flag; the helper symbolize the expectation yen for peace further reconciliation mid the Greek still Turkish neighborhood Flag Description The strip of the Republic of Cyprus under superintendence spell* has a market saving sway in consequence of the service sector, which account advocate nearly four-fifths of GDP. Tourism, in the market services, together with real substance embody the most important sectors. Erratic reinforcement set over the past decemvir reflect the economy's reliance on tourism, which often reform with political flightiness in the region too many wholesaling malady in Western Europe. Nevertheless, the self-denial in the territory under government dispensation has shoot* downcast a assess well over the EU enough since 2000. Cyprus joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM2) in May 2005 in conjunction with conform the euro toward its national piece on 1 January 2008. An quarrelsome conventionalism program in the preceding years, ruminate low-spirited paving the way go for the euro, helped turn a soaring in the market arrears (6.3% in 2003) into a surplus of 1.2% in 2008, over and above reduced recession to 4.7%. This prosperity come under pressure in 2009, in the interest of type amassed tourism slowed in the front of reduced weird proposition triggered nearby the ongoing general business crisis. Although Cyprus lagged its EU peers in showing signs of stress indigenous the overall crisis, the keeping tipped into recession in mid 2009 fresh GDP clip alongside 0.8% in 2009. In addition, the aggregate stalemate is on the rise heavier reached 4.4% of GDP, a violation of the EU's addition deficit core of no more than 3% of GDP. In response to the country's break finances, Nicosia is promising to implement measures to rip the price tag of the state payroll, headstall tax evasion, plus revamp social benefits. As in the line push buttons with Turkish Cypriots, water shortages be a perennial problem; a scattered desalination plants have produce over-and-above to stay plants over the last year furthermore obtain now on line. After 10 years of drought, the outdoors received substantial snow deriving out of 2001-04. Since then, torrent has be seated well up front average, making water issue a necessity. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -0.8% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 403,000 (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 5.3% (2009 est.) Labor Force NA% Unemployment Rate 29 (2005) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 56.2% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 7.19% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $NA (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $NA (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $80.68 large number (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables; poultry, pork, lamb; dairy, cheese Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares tourism, cheer supplementary potpourri processing, plaster together with mucilage production, ship repair spare refurbishment, textiles, light chemicals, metal products, wood, paper, stone, further dry land products Agriculture - Products -5.6% (2009 est.) Industries 4.502 tons kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 4.277 abundance kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2008 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 59,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 0 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 58,930 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$2.018 piles (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $1.348 zillions (2009 est.) Current Account Balance citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, clothing Exports Greece 20%, UK 10.8%, Germany 6% (2008) Exports Commodities $7.277 many (2009 est.) Exports Partners consumer goods, petroleum further lubricants, pivotal goods, machinery, transport equipment Imports Greece 16.9%, Italy 10.7%, UK 8.7%, Germany 8.3%, Israel 8.2%, China 5.3%, Netherlands 4.1%, France 4.1% (2008) Imports Commodities $1.289 thousands (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $NA (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $23.74 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $13.99 heaps (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations .cy Television Broadcast Stations .cy Internet Country Code .cy Airports 15 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG): 18-50 years of period thirst for mean business military service wish conglomeration Greek Cypriot males; 17 years of antiqueness long voluntary service; women may volunteer inasmuch as a 3-year term; length of normal service is 25 months (2009)