Cyprus
Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey. With three distinct areas to explore, your adventure awaits. The Republic of Cyprus, a proud member of the European Union, holds international recognition and governs the southern territory.Popular Destinations
Nicosia
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Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus and is the largest city by far.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus.Limassol
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Limassol is the second largest city of Cyprus. Following the Turkish invasion in 1974, it has become the principal sea port and has also developed into a significant tourist destination.
Destinations
Northern Cyprus
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a republic on the northern and eastern side of the island of Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey.Limassol district
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Limassol District or Lemesos is one of the six districts of Cyprus.
Nicosia district
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Nicosia district is a region that spans both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
Larnaca district
34°53′N 33°28′E / 34.883°N 33.467°E Map of Cyprus showing Larnaca district in redLarnaca District is one of the six districts of Cyprus.Paphos district
34°50′N 32°35′E / 34.833°N 32.583°E Map of Cyprus showing Paphos district.Paphos District is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus.Famagusta district
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Famagusta district is a region that spans both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
Famagusta district
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Famagusta district is a region that spans both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
Cyprus
- Type: Country with 885,000 residents
- Description: Mediterranean island nation in Europe
- Languages: Greek, Turkish and English
- Neighbors: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Israel, Northern Cyprus, Turkey and United Kingdom
- Categories: sovereign state, island country, Mediterranean country, divided territory, state, disputed territory and locality
- Location: Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
35.05° or 35° 3' northLongitude of centre
33.25° or 33° 15' eastPopulation
885,000Area
9,250 km² (3,571 miles²)Elevation
698 metres (2,290 feet)Capital
NicosiaCurrency
Euro (EUR)Phone code
.cyInternet domain
357OpenStreetMap ID
node 424313406OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
146669Wikidata ID
Q229Cyprus Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Qubrus
- Abkhazian: Кипр
- Achinese: Siprus
- Afar: Kipr
- Afrikaans: Siprus
- Akan: Cyprus
- Akan: Saeprɔs
- Albanian: Qipro
- Albanian: Qiproja
- Amharic: Cyprus
- Amharic: ሳይፕረስ
- Amharic: ቆጵሮስ
- Amis: Cyprus
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κύπρος
- Angika: सायप्रस
- Arabic: Tsipre
- Arabic: قبرص
- Aragonese: Chipre
- Armenian: Կիպրոս
- Arpitan: Ch·ipre
- Arpitan: Cipro
- Assamese: চাইপ্ৰাছ
- Asturian: CY
- Asturian: CYP
- Asturian: Chipre
- Asturian: República de Xipre
- Asturian: Xipre
- Atayal: Cyprus
- Avaric: Кипр
- Awadhi: साइप्रस
- Azerbaijani: Kipr
- Azerbaijani: Kipr Respublikası
- Balinese: Siprus
- Bambara: Cipri
- Bashkir: Кипр Республикаһы
- Basque: Zipre
- Bavarian: Republik Zypern
- Belarusian: Кіпр
- Bengali: সাইপ্রাস
- Bhojpuri: साइप्रस
- Bishnupriya: সাইপ্রাস
- Bislama: Cyprus
- Bosnian: Kipar
- Brahui: Sáipras
- Breton: Kiprenez
- Breton: Republik Kiprenez
- Bulgarian: Кипър
- Bulgarian: Република Кипър
- Burmese: ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ်
- Burmese: ဆိုက်ပရပ်စ်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: República de Xipre
- Catalan: Xipre
- Cebuano: Cyprus
- Cebuano: Tsipre
- Central Bikol: Siprus
- Central Kurdish: قوبرس
- Chavacano: Chipre
- Chechen: Кипр
- Cherokee: ᎠᎢᏆᏍ
- Cherokee: ᏌᎢᏆᏍ
- Chinese: Ku-pí-lō͘
- Chinese: 塞浦路斯/賽普勒斯
- Chinese: 塞浦路斯
- Chinese: 希腊塞浦路斯
- Chinese: 賽普勒斯
- Church Slavic: Кѷпръ
- Chuvash: Кипр Республики
- Cornish: Kobros
- Corsican: Cipru
- Crimean Tatar: Qıbrız Cumhuriyeti
- Croatian: Cipar
- Croatian: Republika Cipar
- Czech: CY
- Czech: Kyperská republika
- Czech: Kypr
- Dagbani: Cyprus
- Danish: Cypern
- Danish: Republikken Cypern
- Dimli (individual language): Qıbrıs
- Dotyali: साइप्रस
- Dutch: CY
- Dutch: CYP
- Dutch: Cyprus
- Dzongkha: སཱའི་པྲས
- Eastern Mari: Кипр
- Egyptian Arabic: قبرص
- English: CY
- English: CYP
- English: Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus
- English: Greek Cypriot State
- English: Republic of Cyprus
- Erzya: Кипр Республикась
- Esperanto: CY
- Esperanto: Kipro
- Esperanto: Respubliko Kipro
- Estonian: Küpros
- Estonian: Küprus
- Ewe: Cyprus
- Ewe: Saiprus nutome
- Extremaduran: Chipri
- Faroese: Kýpros
- Fiji Hindi: Cyprus
- Finnish: Kyproksen tasavalta
- Finnish: Kypros
- French: CY
- French: Chypre
- French: Chypre-Sud
- French: Chypriotes
- French: République de Chypre
- French: cy
- French: république de Chypre
- Friulian: Cipri
- Fulah: Kibris
- Fulah: Siipar
- Gagauz: Kipra Respublikası
- Galician: Chipre - Κύπρος
- Galician: Chipre
- Ganda: Sipuriya
- Georgian: კვიპროსი
- German: CY
- German: Republik Zypern
- German: Südzypern
- German: Zypern
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Cyprus
- Goan Konkani: Cyprus
- Goan Konkani: सायप्रस
- Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍀𐍂𐍅𐍃
- Greek: Kipriakí Dhimokratía
- Greek: Kypriakí Dimokratía
- Greek: Kýpros
- Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
- Greek: Κύπρος
- Guarani: Chipre
- Guarani: Chípere
- Guianese Creole French: Chip (péyi)
- Guianese Creole French: Chip
- Gujarati: સાયપ્રસ
- Haitian: Chip
- Hakka Chinese: Cyprus
- Hausa: Cyprus
- Hausa: Kupelo
- Hausa: Sifurus
- Hawaiian: Kupelo
- Hebrew: קפריסין
- Hindi: साइप्रस
- Hungarian: Ciprus
- Hungarian: Ciprusi Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Kýpur
- Icelandic: cy
- Ido: Chipro
- Igbo: Cyprus
- Iloko: Cyprus
- Iloko: Kyprus
- Inari Sami: Kypros
- Inari Sami: Kypros täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Cyprus
- Indonesian: Siprus
- Interlingua: Cypro
- Interlingue: Cypria
- Irish: An Chipir
- Irish: an Chipir
- Italian: Cipro
- Italian: Repubblica di Cipro
- Jamaican Creole English: Saipros
- Japanese: キプロス
- Japanese: キプロス共和国
- Javanese: Siprus
- Kabardian: ДыгъапIэ Къыпрыс
- Kabyle: Qubrus
- Kalaallisut: Cypern
- Kalaallisut: Cyperni
- Kalmyk: Кипрудин Орн
- Kannada: ಕಿಪ್ರೊಸ್
- Kannada: ಸಿಪ್ರಸ್
- Kannada: ಸೈಪ್ರಸ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Kipr
- Karachay-Balkar: Кипр
- Kashmiri: سایفرس
- Kashubian: Cyper
- Kazakh: Кипр
- Khmer: ស៊ីប
- Kikuyu: Kuprosi
- Kinyarwanda: Shipure
- Kirghiz: Кипр
- Komi: Кипр
- Kongo: Kipros
- Korean: 끼쁘로스
- Korean: 사이프러스
- Korean: 사이프러스 공화국
- Korean: 키프로스
- Korean: 키프로스 공화국
- Kurdish: Kîpros
- Kurdish: قیبرس
- Ladin: Cipre
- Ladino: Repuvlika Kipriyota
- Lak: Кипр
- Lao: Cyprus
- Lao: ປະເທດໄຊປຣັດ
- Lao: ໄຊປຣັສ
- Latgalian: Kipra
- Latin: Cyprus
- Latvian: Kipra
- Lezghian: Кипр
- Ligurian: Çipro
- Limburgan: Cyprus
- Lingala: Sípɛlɛ
- Lingua Franca Nova: Cipros
- Literary Chinese: 賽普勒斯
- Lithuanian: Kipras
- Livvi: Kipru
- Lombard: Cipro
- Lombard: Cipru
- Low German: Cyprus
- Low German: Republiek Zypern
- Low German: Syprus
- Low German: Zyprus
- Lower Sorbian: Cypern
- Luba-Katanga: Shipele
- Lule Sami: Cypråvsså
- Luxembourgish: Zypern
- Macedo-Romanian: Chipro
- Macedonian: Кипар
- Maithili: साइप्रस
- Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Kipra
- Malagasy: Repoblikan' i Kipra
- Malagasy: Sypra
- Malay: Cyprus
- Malay: Kibris
- Malayalam: സൈപ്രസ്
- Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Ċipru
- Maltese: Ċipru
- Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯄ꯭ꯔꯁ
- Manx: Yn Cheeprey
- Maori: Haipara
- Marathi: सायप्रस
- Mazanderani: قبرس
- Min Dong Chinese: Cyprus
- Min Dong Chinese: Gĭ-dī
- Min Dong Chinese: Gṳ̆-bī-lô
- Min Nan Chinese: Cyprus
- Min Nan Chinese: Kibris
- Min Nan Chinese: Ku-pí-lō·
- Min Nan Chinese: Ku-pí-lō͘
- Min Nan Chinese: Kypros
- Min Nan Chinese: Kıbrıs
- Minangkabau: Siprus
- Mingrelian: კვიპროსი
- Mirandese: Xipre
- Moksha: Кипра
- Mongolian: Кипр
- Mongolian: ꯁꯤꯄ꯭ꯔꯁ
- Moroccan Arabic: قبرص
- Narom: Chypre
- Nauru: Taiprus
- Navajo: Béésh Łichíiʼii Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Cipro
- Nepali: साइप्रस
- Newari: साइप्रस
- North Ndebele: Cyprus
- Northern Frisian: Zypern
- Northern Luri: قبرس
- Northern Sami: Kypros
- Northern Sami: Kyprosa dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Kypros dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Kypros
- Norwegian: Republikken Kypros
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kypros
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Kypros
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kypros
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Republikken Kypros
- Novial: Kiprus
- Occitan (post 1500): Chipre
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܘܦܪܘܣ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Cipros
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): cy
- Oriya: ସାଇପ୍ରସ
- Oriya: ସାଇପ୍ରସ୍
- Oromo: Saayippires
- Ossetian: Кипр
- Pali: सायप्रस
- Pampanga: Cyprus
- Pampanga: Sipre
- Pampanga: Tsipri
- Pangasinan: Kiprô
- Panjabi: ਸਾਇਪ੍ਰਸ
- Papiamento: Chipre
- Persian: سایپروس
- Persian: قبرس
- Picard: Kipre
- Picard: Républike Kipre
- Piemontese: Cipro
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Siipris
- Polish: Cypr
- Pontic: Κύπρος
- Portuguese: Chipre
- Portuguese: Cyprus
- Portuguese: República do Chipre
- Portuguese: cy
- Pushto: قبرس
- Quechua: Chipre
- Quechua: Kipru
- Romanian: Cipru
- Romansh: Cipra
- Rundi: Izinga rya Shipure
- Russia Buriat: Кипр
- Russian: Кипр
- Russian: Республика Кипр
- Rusyn: Ціпрус
- Sakizaya: Cyprus
- Samoan: Cyprus
- Samoan: Kuperu
- Samogitian: Kėpros
- Sango: Sîpri
- Sanskrit: सायप्रस
- Santali: ᱥᱟᱭᱯᱨᱟᱥ
- Sardinian: Tzipru
- Saterfriesisch: Zypern
- Scots: Cyprus
- Scottish Gaelic: Cìopras
- Serbian: Kipar
- Serbian: Кипар
- Serbian: Република Кипар
- Serbo-Croatian: Cipar
- Serbo-Croatian: Kipar
- Shan: မိူင်းသၢႆႉပရႅတ်ႈ
- Shona: Cyprus
- Shona: Saipurasi
- Sicilian: Cipru
- Silesian: Cyper
- Silesian: Cypr
- Sindhi: سائپرس
- Sindhi: قبرس
- Sindhi: قبرص
- Sinhala: සයිප්රසය
- Sinhala: සයිප්රස්
- Skolt Sami: Kyproozz tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Kypros
- Slovak: Cyperská republika
- Slovak: Cyprus
- Slovenian: Ciper
- Somali: Aw-badeedka Qabrus
- Somali: Jasiirada Qabrus
- Somali: Qubrus
- South Azerbaijani: قیبریس جومهوریتی
- Southern Sami: Syypern
- Spanish: Chipre
- Spanish: República de Chipre
- Spanish: cy
- Sranan Tongo: Sipruskondre
- Sundanese: Siprus
- Swahili: Kupro
- Swahili: Saiprasi
- Swati: ISayiphro
- Swedish: Cypern
- Swedish: Republiken Cypern
- Swiss German: Republik Zypere
- Swiss German: Republik Zypern
- Tagalog: Tsipre
- Tajik: Кипр
- Tajik: Қибрис
- Talysh: Junanə Kipr
- Talysh: Yunanə Kipr
- Tamil: சைப்பிரசு
- Tamil: சைப்பிரஸ்
- Tamil: சைப்ரஸ்
- Taroko: Cyprus
- Tatar: Кипр
- Tatar: Кипр Республикасы
- Telugu: సైప్రస్
- Tetum: Xipre
- Thai: ประเทศไซปรัส
- Thai: ไซปรัส
- Tibetan: སཱཡེ་པ་རས྄།
- Tibetan: སེ་པི་རི་སི།
- Tigrinya: ሳይፕረስ
- Tok Pisin: Saipras
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Saipalesi
- Tosk Albanian: Republik Zypern
- Tsonga: Cyprus
- Tumbuka: Cyprus
- Tunisian Arabic: قبرص
- Turkish: CY
- Turkish: Güney Kıbrıs
- Turkish: Güney Kıbrıs Rum Cumhuriyeti
- Turkish: Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi
- Turkish: Güney Kıbrıs Rum Yönetimi
- Turkish: Kıbrıs
- Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
- Turkish: Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi
- Turkmen: Kipr
- Turkmen: Kipr Respublikasy
- Twi: Cyprus
- Tyap: Kuburut
- Tyap: Ri̱pobi̱lik Kuburut
- Udmurt: Кипр
- Uighur: سىپرۇس
- Ukrainian: Кіпр
- Upper Sorbian: Cypernska
- Urdu: قبرص
- Uzbek: Kipr
- Uzbek: Kipr Respublikasi
- Uzbek: Qibris
- Venetian: Sipro
- Veps: Kipr
- Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Síp
- Vietnamese: Síp (Cyprus)
- Vietnamese: Síp
- Vlaams: Cyprus
- Vlax Romani: Cyprus
- Volapük: Sipreän
- Võro: Küprüs
- Walloon: Chîpe
- Waray (Philippines): Tsipre
- Welsh: Ciprus
- Welsh: Cyprus
- Welsh: cy
- Western Armenian: Կիպրոս
- Western Balochi: قیبریس
- Western Frisian: Syprus
- Western Panjabi: قبرص
- Wolof: Ciipër
- Wolof: Siipar
- Wu Chinese: 塞浦路斯
- Yakut: Кипр
- Yiddish: קיפראס
- Yoruba: Kíprù
- Yoruba: Kúrúsì
- Yue Chinese: 塞浦路斯
- Zeeuws: Cyprus
- Zhuang: Cyprus
- Zulu: i-Cyprus
- Chipru
- Cumhuriyetê Qıbrısi
- Saepras
- ma Kiposi
- ДыгъапӀэ Къыпрыс
- ציפערן
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