Location:
Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey
Geographic coordinates:
35 00 N, 33 00 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus)
country comparison to the world: 171
land:
9,241 sq km
water:
10 sq km
about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
total:
156 km
border sovereign base areas:
Akrotiri 48 km, Dhekelia 108 km
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648 km
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territorial sea:
12 nm
contiguous zone:
24 nm
continental shelf:
200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
More Climate Details
central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast
lowest point:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mount Olympus 1,951 m
copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment
arable land:
9.06%
permanent crops:
3.54%
other:
87.41% (2011)
457.9 sq km (2007)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
0.78 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total:
0.18 cu km/yr (10%/3%/86%)
per capita:
164.7 cu m/yr (2009)
moderate earthquake activity; droughts
water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization
party to:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia)