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Akrotiri and Dhekelia | |
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| Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia | |
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| Anthem: "God Save the King" | |
 Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (deep pink) | |
 Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on Cyprus | |
| Sovereign state |  United Kingdom |
| Treaty of Establishment | 16 August 1960 |
| Capital | Episkopi Cantonment |
| Largest civilian settlement | Akrotiri |
| Official languages | |
| Government | De facto stratocratic dependency under a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Charles III |
• Administrator | Air Vice-Marshal Peter Squires ex officio |
| Government of the United Kingdom | |
• Minister | Stephen Doughty |
| Area | |
• Total | 254 km2 (98 sq mi) |
• Akrotiri | 123 km2 (47 sq mi) |
• Dhekelia | 131 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 18,195[1] (not ranked) |
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +357 |
| Postal codes in Cyprus UK postcode | 4640 (Akrotiri) 7502 (Dhekelia) BFPO 57 / BF1 2AT (Akrotiri) BFPO 58 / BF1 2AU (Dhekelia) |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (/ˌækroʊˈtɪəri ənd diˈkeɪliə/), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[2] (SBA),[a] is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations that were formerly part of the Crown colony of Cyprus, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty of independence signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. The territory serves as a station for signals intelligence and is thereby part of the United Kingdom's surveillance-gathering work in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.[3][4]
- ^ "Akrotiri". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "British Nationality Act 1981 – SCHEDULE 6 British Overseas Territories". UK Government. September 2016.
- ^ "The World's Five Military Empires". Big Think. 10 July 2017.
- ^ Wald, Charles (4 December 2019). "Pull US Troops Out of Turkey: Former EUCOM Deputy". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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