Back Akrotiri en Dhekelië Afrikaans Akrotiri y Dhekelia AN Acrotiri and Ðecelia ANG अक्रोत्तिरी आरो धेकेलिया ANP أكروتيري وديكيليا Arabic Acrotiri y Dhekelia AST Akrotiri və Dekeliya Azerbaijani Акротири һәм Декелия Bashkir Акратыры і Дэкелія Byelorussian Акратыры і Дэкелія BE-X-OLD
Akrotiri and Dhekelia Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια (Greek) | |
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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 | |
| 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 | The Lord Benyon |
| Area | |
• Total | 254 km2 (98 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 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 an important role as a station for signals intelligence and provides a vital strategic part of the United Kingdom surveillance-gathering network in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.[3][4]
- ^ "Akrotiri". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 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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