Dhekelia
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area
Dhekelia as the 2007 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 29 fields, one of 22 editions from 2004 to 2025.
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Introduction
1 fieldBackground
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 - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
Geography
On the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta
10 fieldsEnvironment - current issues
netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn
Geography - note
British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
People
2 fieldsPopulation
no indigenous personnel
note: approximately 2,200 resident military personnel; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both the bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base but do not live there
Government
9 fieldsDependency status
overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Capital
- name:
- Episkopi Cantonment; located in Akrotiri
- geographic coordinates:
- 34 40 N, 32 51 E
- time difference:
- UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
- daylight saving time:
- +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Constitution
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960
Legal system
- the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters;
- laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
Executive branch
- 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
Economy
Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia.
4 fieldsEconomy - overview
Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Exchange rates
Cypriot pounds per US dollar - 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003), 0.6107 (2002)
Communications
2 fieldsRadio broadcast stations
AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Television broadcast stations
0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Military
1 fieldCite this entry
Central Intelligence Agency. “Dhekelia.” The World Factbook 2007. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/dhekelia/2007.