CYPRUS

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Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (Greek)
Kypriakí Dimokratía )
Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)
Republic of Cyprus
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Flag of Cyprus
FlagCoat of arms
Motto
none
Anthem
Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν
Imnos is tin Eleftherian  (transliteration)
Hymn to Freedom 1

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Location of Cyprus
Location of Cyprus (orange) within the European Union (camel).
Capital
(and largest city)
Nicosia (Lefkosia)
3508′N, 3328′E]
Official languagesGreek, Turkish, also English widely spoken.
DemonymCypriot
GovernmentRepublic
 - PresidentTassos Papadopoulos
Independencefrom United Kingdom 
 - Date16 August 1960 
Accession to
the
 European Union
1 May 2004
 - Water (%)negligible
Population
 - 2007 census788,457 
GDP (PPP)2007 IMF estimate
 - Total$24.497 billion (110th)
 - Per capita$31,522 (26th)
GDP (nominal)2007 IMF estimate
 - Total$20.505 billion (89th)
 - Per capita$26,386 (28th)
HDI (2004) 0.903 (high) (29th)
CurrencyCypriot pound3 (Euro as from 01/01/2008) (CYP)
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Internet TLD.cy4
Calling code+357
1"Ymnos pros tin Eleutherian" is also used as the national anthem of Greece.
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Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
 European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
 European Union
 Italy
 Turkey
Regulated by:
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Turkish (Türkçe, ]
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Coat of arms elements
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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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The Hymn to Liberty (Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν Ímnos is tin Eleftherían
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Motto
none
Anthem
Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν
Imnos is tin Eleftherian

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Nicosia (Λευκωσία, Lefkoşa)

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District Nicosia District
Government
 - Mayor Eleni Mavrou
Population (2001-2005)
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Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
 European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
 European Union
 Italy
 Turkey
Regulated by:
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Turkish (Türkçe, ]
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Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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List of forms of government
  • Anarchism
  • Aristocracy
  • Authoritarianism
  • Autocracy
  • Communist state
  • Democracy
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Cyprus

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Cyprus


  • Cyprus dispute
  • Annan Plan referendum
  • President
  • Tassos Papadopoulos
  • House of Representatives
  • Political parties

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Tassos Nikolaou Papadopoulos (Greek: Τάσσος Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος
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Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty.

The term independence is used in contrast to subjugation,
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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May 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.

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Water is a common chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life.[1] In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor.
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