ACOG - Cyprus  - IBM

Geography

Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterreanean Sea, south of Turkey

Area:
total area: 9,250 sq km
land area: 9,240 sq km
comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 648 km


People

Population:

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26% (female 92,179; male 97,723)
15-64 years: 64% (female 234,929; male 236,693)
65 years and over: 10% (female 42,190; male 32,922)

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 population: 76.47 years
male: 74.19 years
female: 78.85 years

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.)
total population: 94%
male: 98%
female: 91%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Cyprus
conventional short form: Cyprus

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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Electricity:
capacity: 550,000 kW
production: 2.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 2,903 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.