Akrotiri
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Akrotiri
n. Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus

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Akrotiri and Dhekelia
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (, Perioches Kyriarchon Vaseon Akrotiriou kai Dhekeleias ) are two British-administered areas comprising a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus administered as Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom. The bases were retained by the British, under the 1960 treaty of independence, agreed and signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus.

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Akrotiri

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Flag of Akrotiri

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By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.

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Map of Akrotiri

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  • The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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    Akrotiri

    Chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

    Head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense

    Elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
      

    Source: World Factbook 2008, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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    Akrotiri
    s. Akrotiri, halvøy på den sørvestlige kysten av Kypros


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