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Introduction - Cyprus: | Location - Cyprus: | Location | Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey | | Geographic coordinates | 35 00 N, 33 00 E | | Map references | Middle East | | Area | total: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
land: 9,240 sq km
water: 10 sq km | | Area comparative | about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut | | Land boundaries | total: NA; note - boundary with Dhekelia is being resurveyed
border countries: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia NA | | Coastline | 648 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | Climate | temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters | | Terrain | central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m | | Natural resources | copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment | | Land use | arable land: 10.81%
permanent crops: 4.32%
other: 84.87% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 400 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | moderate earthquake activity; droughts | | Environment current issues | water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to islands largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization | | Environment international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |