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Cyprus

CY / CYP   35.0°, 33.0°

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, located off the coast of the Levant mainland in West Asia. The island of Cyprus, which is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, is divided along the United Nations Buffer Zone between the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognised only by Turkey. The south of the island also hosts the British sovereign military bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The capital and largest city of Cyprus is Nicosia.

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People are called
Cypriot
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+357
Capital
Nicosia
Population
1,344,976
Area
9,242 km2
Climate
Mediterranean
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Greek 80.9%, Turkish 0.2%, English 4.1%
Sells
ships, refined petroleum, packaged medicine, cheese
Sells to
Libya 14%, Greece 11%, Lebanon 8%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+357
Founded
1960
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Cypriot

These are English demonyms for people from Cyprus. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Greekofficial
80.9%
Turkishofficial
0.2%
4.1%
2.9%
2.5%

Largest cities

Nicosia  capital 200,452
Limassol 154,000
Larnaca 72,000
Stróvolos 67,904
Famagusta 42,526

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

Climate zone

Highest point

Landmarks and landscapes

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Makarios III
Makarios III Archbishop and first president Makarios III was a Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president of Cyprus between 1960 and July 1974, with a second term between December 1974 and 1977.
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium Founder of Stoicism Zeno of Citium was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus. He was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Continents — Seven-continent model. A country spanning two continents is filed under the one containing its capital; the other is accepted too.
    The imported list was unordered and included overseas territory, so its first entry was not the continent the country is in.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11
  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: climate zone, currencies, famous, government type, leaders, wars.