Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Map references: Middle East

Area: total area: 9,250 sq km (note - 3,355 sq km are in the Turkish area)

land area: 9,240 sq km

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 648 km

International disputes: 1974 hostilities divided the

island into two de facto autonomous areas,

a Greek area controlled by the Cypriot Government

(59% of the island's land area) and a

Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island),

that are separated by a UN buffer zone

(4% of the island); there are two UK sovereign

base areas within the Greek Cypriot

portion of the island

Climate: Temperate, Mediterranean with hot,

dry summers and cool, wet winters

Terrain: Central plain with mountains to north and south;

scattered but significant plains along southern coast

Natural resources: Copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum,

timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment

Environment:

international agreements: Party to - Air Pollution, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change