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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia 3
Western Sovereign Base Area 2
British Cyprus 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Overseas Territory ⓘ
military base area ⓘ
administeredBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
administrator Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
airspaceControl British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: UK military
area about 254 square kilometres ⓘ
borderWith Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
capital Episkopi Cantonment ⓘ
composedOf Akrotiri Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri

Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
surface form: Dhekelia
containsFacility Dhekelia Garrison ⓘ
Episkopi Cantonment ⓘ
surface form: Episkopi Garrison

RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFrom Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: British Cyprus
currency euro ⓘ
defenceResponsibility United Kingdom ⓘ
established 1960 ⓘ
establishedBy Treaty of Establishment ⓘ
hasCivilianPopulation yes ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasEnclaveWithin Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
hasMilitaryFunction listening posts ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
strategic military bases ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionsWith Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: 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 Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus

United Kingdom ⓘ
officialName Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Armed Forces → garrison → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
Cyprus → borderedBy → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
RAF Akrotiri → partOf → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → officialName → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Cypriot pound → usedIn → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia → represents → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus
Protocol relating to the Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus → appliesToTerritory → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Cyprus
LCRA → country → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Akrotiri
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus
Episkopi Cantonment → locatedIn → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sovereign Base Area
Episkopi Cantonment → administers → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sovereign Base Area
Episkopi Cantonment → partOf → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Overseas Territories (Sovereign Base Areas)
Treaty of Establishment → allowedRetentionOf → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas → constitutingInstrument → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council
Dhekelia Garrison → locatedIn → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
British colonial administration in Cyprus → maintainedMilitaryPresence → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British military bases in Cyprus
Lydda–Cyprus → historicalTerritoryOfArrival → Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Cyprus