Akrotiri and Dhekelia

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British Overseas Territory sovereign base area

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British Overseas Territories on the island of Cyprus that serve primarily as sovereign military base areas for the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia 3
British Cyprus 1
Dhekelia 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Overseas Territory ⓘ
sovereign base area ⓘ
administeredBy Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom
administratorTitle Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
areaType enclaves on territory of Cyprus ⓘ
borderWith Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
callingCode +357 ⓘ
capital Episkopi Cantonment ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
containsMilitaryInstallation Dhekelia Garrison ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdByTreaty Treaty of Establishment ⓘ
currency Euro ⓘ
Pound sterling ⓘ
defenceResponsibility United Kingdom ⓘ
drivesOn left ⓘ
established 1960 ⓘ
garrison British Forces Cyprus ⓘ
geopoliticalStatus British Overseas Territory under UK sovereignty ⓘ
hasCivilianPopulation yes ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasEducationServices schools for children of UK service personnel ⓘ
hasPart Akrotiri Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Akrotiri

Dhekelia Garrison ⓘ
surface form: Dhekelia
hasStatus non-self-governing territory under UN classification ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalContext retained by UK after Cypriot independence in 1960 ⓘ
internetTLD .uk (used) ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
locatedOn island of Cyprus ⓘ
notMemberOf European Union ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
primaryFunction support UK and allied military operations in the region ⓘ
purpose military bases ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
sharesInfrastructureWith Cyprus ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cyprus
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
uses Cypriot road network ⓘ
usesEmergencyServices Sovereign Base Areas Fire and Rescue Service ⓘ
usesLawEnforcement Sovereign Base Areas Police ⓘ
usesPostalSystem British Forces Post Office ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → composedOf → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dhekelia
British Overseas Territories Act 2002 → excludes → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Cyprus → hasPart → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
British Overseas Territories → include → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Cyprus
RAF Akrotiri → location → Akrotiri and Dhekelia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia