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Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)


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    • a-cy---
  • Variants

    • Great Britain. Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
    • Sovereign Base Areas (Cyprus)
    • Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)
    • Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια (Cyprus)
    • Akrōtēri kai Dekeleia (Cyprus)
    • Ağrotur ve Dikelya (Cyprus)
    • Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλειας (Cyprus)
    • Perioches Kyriarchōn Vaseōn Akrōtēriou kai Dekeleias (Cyprus)
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Military bases
    • Descriptor

        Territory
    • Descriptor

        Overseas territories
    • Descriptor

        Great Britain--Territories and possessions
    • Associated Locale

        Cyprus
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  • Sources

    • found: Its Gazette, 18th Apr. 1974: t.p.(Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Sovereign Base Areas)
    • found: Year book of the Commonwealth, 1986:(Republic of Cyprus; Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; under British sovereignty)
    • found: CIA The world factbook website, August 14, 2015:Akrotiri (Akrotiri; UK sovereign base area; conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Akrotiri; Dependency status: a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus; capital: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)) Dhekelia (Dhekelia; UK sovereign base area; conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Dhekelia. Dependency status: a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus; capital: name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri)
    • found: Wikipedia, August 14, 2015:Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Greek: Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια = Akrōtēri kai Dekeleia; Turkish: Ağrotur ve Dikelya), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The Areas, which include bases and other land, were retained by the British, under the 1960 treaty of independence, agreed and signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus; The territory comprises two Areas. One is Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι; Turkish: Ağrotur), or the "Western Sovereign Base Area" (or WSBA), which includes two main bases at RAF Akrotiri and Episkopi Cantonment, plus all of Akrotiri Village's district (including Limassol Salt Lake) and parts of eleven other village districts. The other Area is Dhekelia (Δεκέλεια; Dikelya), or the "Eastern Sovereign Base Area" (or ESBA), which includes a base at Ayios Nikolaos plus parts of twelve village districts; The Sovereign Base Areas were created in 1960 by the Treaty of Establishment, when Cyprus achieved independence from the British Empire) Greek version (Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλειας = Perioches Kyriarchōn Vaseōn Akrōtēriou kai Dekeleias)
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  • Change Notes

    • 1989-06-15: new
    • 2023-02-18: revised
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