maps of all Cyprus cities
In Cyprus the official currency is Cyprus Pounds.
The population of Cyprus is 793.100 of whom 80,7% are Greek Cypriots (including Armenians, Maronites and Latins), 87,600 (11,0%) are Turkish Cypriots and 66,000 (8,3%) foreigners residing in Cyprus. The density of the population is 86 persons / sq km. (2001 figures - for the latest population figures visit the website of the Statistical Service).
The population does not include over 115.000 Turkish settlers illegally residing in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus.
The figure of the Greek Cypriot population includes about 9.000 Maronites, Armenians and Latins who, under the 1960 Constitution were asked to choose between the two communities and opted to join the Greek Cypriot community.
The language of the Greek Cypriot community is Greek and the community adheres to the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus. The language of the Turkish Cypriot community is Turkish and the community adheres to Islam. The religious groups of Armenians, Maronites and Latins, in accordance with 1960 constitution, opted to belong to the Greek Cypriot community.
Kypriaki Demokratia (Republic of Cyprus)
About 35.4% of the Republic's territory is under Turkish army occupation since the summer of 1974, while a further 1.8% forms part of the buffer zone along the cease-fire line.
East Mediterranean basin. 33 degrees East, 35 degrees North. 75km south of Turkey, 105 km west of Syria, 380 km north of Egypt, 380 km east of Rhodes (Greece).
Area
9,251sq. km. Third largest Mediterranean island after Sicily and Sardinia.
Topography
Troodos massif (southwest), highest point: Olympos 1,953m
Keryneia or Pentadaktylos range (north), highest point: Kyparissovounos 1,024m. Central plain: Messaoria plain.
Climate
Mediterranean: mild, wet winters (10-13oC), hot, dry summers (26-29oC).