GeoPointe - Cyprus

Official Name: Republic of Cyprus
Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey.
Capital: Nicosia (Lefkosa)

Area:	total: 9,250 sq km
	land: 9,240 sq km
	water: 10 sq km

Lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
Highest point: Olympus 1,951 m

Inside Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Massif, Pafos, Cyprus

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Population: 788,457 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Cypriot(s) Ethnic groups: Greek 85.2%, Turkish 11.6%, other 3.2%. Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%. Languages: Greek, Turkish, English.

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.