Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια (Greek) Ağrotur ve Dikelya (Turkish)
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Official seal of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Seal
Anthem: "God Save the King"
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (deep pink)
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (deep pink)
Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on Cyprus
Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on Cyprus
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Treaty of Establishment16 August 1960
CapitalEpiskopi Cantonment
Largest civilian settlementAkrotiri
Official languages
GovernmentDe facto stratocratic dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
• Administrator
Air Vice-Marshal Peter Squires ex officio
Government of the United Kingdom
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)
CurrencyEuro () (EUR)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Driving sideleft
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 (/ˌækrˈtɪəri ənd diˈkliə/), 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]

  1. ^ "Akrotiri". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "British Nationality Act 1981 – SCHEDULE 6 British Overseas Territories". UK Government. September 2016.
  3. ^ "The World's Five Military Empires". Big Think. 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ Wald, Charles (4 December 2019). "Pull US Troops Out of Turkey: Former EUCOM Deputy". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 14 January 2020.


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