Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas

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British Overseas Territory military base area

The Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas are British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve as strategic military bases and listening posts for the United Kingdom in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Overseas Territory → military base area →
administeredBy	UK Ministry of Defence →
administrator	Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas →
airspaceControl	UK military →
area	about 254 square kilometres →
borderWith	Republic of Cyprus →
capital	Episkopi Cantonment →
composedOf	Akrotiri → Dhekelia →
containsFacility	Dhekelia Garrison → Episkopi Garrison → RAF Akrotiri →
country	United Kingdom →
createdFrom	British Cyprus →
currency	euro →
defenceResponsibility	United Kingdom →
established	1960 →
establishedBy	Treaty of Establishment →
hasCivilianPopulation	yes →
hasCoastlineOn	Mediterranean Sea →
hasEnclaveWithin	Republic of Cyprus →
hasMilitaryFunction	listening posts → signals intelligence → strategic military bases →
hasRoadConnectionsWith	Republic of Cyprus →
hasStatus	retained under 1960 independence arrangements of Cyprus →
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom →
language	English → Greek (widely used) → Turkish (to a lesser extent) →
legalSystem	based on English law →
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean →
locatedOn	island of Cyprus →
notPartOf	Republic of Cyprus → United Kingdom →
officialName	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia →
populationIncludes	Cypriot civilians → UK civilian employees → UK military personnel →
shortName	SBA →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
strategicLocationFor	Eastern Mediterranean surveillance → Middle East operations →
usedBy	British Armed Forces → British Army → Royal Air Force → Royal Navy →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cyprus ("British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia") →	borderedBy
British Armed Forces →	garrison
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ("Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia") →	officialName
RAF Akrotiri ("British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia") →	partOf
Cypriot pound ("British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus") →	usedIn