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GeographyLocation: Middle East, island in the Mediterreanean Sea, south of Turkey
Area: Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 648 km
PeoplePopulation:
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.88% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 16.27 births/1,000 population Death rate: 7.48 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.3 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other4% Languages: Greek, Turkish, English
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1987 est.)
Government
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Type: republic Capital: Nicosia Independence: 16 August 1960 (from UK) Constitution: 16 August 1960; negotiations to create the basis for a new or revised constitution to govern the island and to better relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots have been held intermittently; in 1975 Turkish Cypriots created their own Constitution and governing bodies within the "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus," which was renamed the "Turkish Republic of NorthernCyprus" in 1983; a new Constitution for the Turkish area passed by referendumon 5 May 1985
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