Eastern Sovereign Base Area
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The Eastern Sovereign Base Area is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus that serves as one of the United Kingdom’s two sovereign military base areas there.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Sovereign Base Area canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Overseas Territory
ⓘ
military base ⓘ sovereign military base area ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dhekelia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Northern Cyprus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEnclaveOf | Republic of Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Treaty of Establishment 1960 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRegion | Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAs | overseas territory under UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 130 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Dhekelia Cantonment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| hasCurrency |
euro
ⓘ
pound sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGarrison |
British Army units
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Air Force elements ⓘ Royal Navy elements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem | based largely on laws of the Republic of Cyprus with specific SBA ordinances ⓘ |
| hasMainSettlement |
Ayios Nikolaos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dhekelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryFunction |
hosts British military installations
ⓘ
supports UK strategic operations in Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | military ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryUse | residential areas for service personnel and dependants ⓘ |
| legalStatus | retained under UK sovereignty after Cypriot independence in 1960 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notMemberOf | European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oneOf | two UK sovereign base areas on Cyprus ⓘ |
| partOf | Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesAdministrationFrameworkWith | Western Sovereign Base Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedFor |
signals intelligence and communications facilities
ⓘ
training and support for British forces in the region ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.