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href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="अक्रोत्तिरी आरो धेकेलिया – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="अक्रोत्तिरी आरो धेकेलिया" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrotiri_and_%C3%90ecelia" title="Acrotiri and Ðecelia – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Acrotiri and Ðecelia" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="أكروتيري وديكيليا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أكروتيري وديكيليا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_y_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri y Dhekelia – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Akrotiri y Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrotiri_et_D%C3%A8qu%C3%A8lia" title="Acrotiri et Dèquèlia – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Acrotiri et Dèquèlia" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrotiri_y_Dhekelia" title="Acrotiri y Dhekelia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Acrotiri y Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_v%C9%99_Dekeliya" title="Akrotiri və Dekeliya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Akrotiri və Dekeliya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%82_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="আক্রোটিরি এবং ডেকিলিয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আক্রোটিরি এবং ডেকিলিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_kap_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri kap Dhekelia – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Akrotiri kap Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D2%BB%D3%99%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири һәм Декелия – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Акротири һәм Декелия" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B_%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Акратыры і Дэкелія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Акратыры і Дэкелія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B_%D1%96_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Акратыры і Дэкелія – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Акратыры і Дэкелія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири и Декелия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Акротири и Декелия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_ha_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri ha Dhekelia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Akrotiri ha Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dek%C3%A9lia" title="Akrotiri i Dekélia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Akrotiri i Dekélia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_a_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri a Dekelia – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Akrotiri a Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodyn:Country_data_Akrotiri_a_Dhekelia" title="Nodyn:Country data Akrotiri a Dhekelia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Nodyn:Country data Akrotiri a Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_og_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri og Dhekelia – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Akrotiri og Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_und_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri und Dekelia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Akrotiri und Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_ja_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri ja Dhekelia – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Akrotiri ja Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%94%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλειας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλειας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_y_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri y Dekelia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Akrotiri y Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_kaj_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri kaj Dekelia – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Akrotiri kaj Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_eta_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri eta Dhekelia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Akrotiri eta Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="آکراتاری و داکیلیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آکراتاری و داکیلیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_et_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri et Dhekelia – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Akrotiri et Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_agus_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri agus Dhekelia – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Akrotiri agus Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_as_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri as Dhekelia – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Akrotiri as Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_e_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%80_%E0%AA%85%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE" title="અક્રોતીરી અને ધેકેલીયા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="અક્રોતીરી અને ધેકેલીયા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%9C%ED%8B%B0%EB%A6%AC_%EB%8D%B0%EC%BC%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84" title="아크로티리 데켈리아 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아크로티리 데켈리아" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AB_%D6%87_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Ակրոտիրի և Դեկելիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ակրոտիրի և Դեկելիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="अक्रोत्तिरी और धेकेलिया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अक्रोत्तिरी और धेकेलिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_ken_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri ken Dhekelia – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Akrotiri ken Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="ধেকেলিয়া – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ধেকেলিয়া" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_dan_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri dan Dhekelia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Akrotiri dan Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%C3%A6%D0%BC%C3%A6_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Акротири æмæ Декели – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Акротири æмæ Декели" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_e_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94" title="אקרוטירי ודקליה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אקרוטירי ודקליה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_lan_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri lan Dhekelia – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Akrotiri lan Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D1%8D%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири эм Декелия – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Акротири эм Декелия" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="აკროტირი და დეკელია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აკროტირი და დეკელია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири мен Декелия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Акротири мен Декелия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_ha_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri ha Dhekelia – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Akrotiri ha Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_na_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri na Dhekelia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Akrotiri na Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_y_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri y Dhekelia – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Akrotiri y Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroterium_et_Decelea" title="Acroterium et Decelea – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Acroterium et Decelea" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_un_Dekelija" title="Akrotiri un Dekelija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Akrotiri un Dekelija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiris_ir_Dekelija" title="Akrotiris ir Dekelija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Akrotiris ir Dekelija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_e_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_en_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrot%C3%ADri_%C3%A9s_Dek%C3%A9lia" title="Akrotíri és Dekélia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Akrotíri és Dekélia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Акротири и Декелија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Акротири и Декелија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82" title="അക്രോത്തിരിയും ദകേലിയയും – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അക്രോത്തിരിയും ദകേലിയയും" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%A2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="आक्रोतिरी आणि ढेकेलिया – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आक्रोतिरी आणि ढेकेलिया" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_dan_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri dan Dhekelia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Akrotiri dan Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_en_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_en_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%81%8A%E3%82%88%E3%81%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2" title="アクロティリおよびデケリア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アクロティリおよびデケリア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B0,_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%B0" title="Акротири а, Декелиа а – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Акротири а, Декелиа а" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_an_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri an Dekelia – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Akrotiri an Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_og_Dekelia" title="Akrotiri og Dekelia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Akrotiri og Dekelia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrot%C3%ADri_og_Dek%C3%A9lia" title="Akrotíri og Dekélia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Akrotíri og Dekélia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%86%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BF_%E0%AC%93_%E0%AC%A2%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%B2%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86" title="ଆକ୍ରୋତିରି ଓ ଢେକେଲିଆ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଆକ୍ରୋତିରି ଓ ଢେକେଲିଆ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86" title="ਅਕਰੋਤਿਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਧਕੇਲੀਆ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਕਰੋਤਿਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਧਕੇਲੀਆ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%92_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ایکروتیری تے دیکیلیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایکروتیری تے دیکیلیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%90%DA%A9%DB%90%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="اکروتيري او دېکېليا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="اکروتيري او دېکېليا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrot%C3%ADri_e_Deceleia" title="Acrotíri e Deceleia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Acrotíri e Deceleia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_%C8%99i_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri și Dhekelia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Akrotiri și Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири и Декелия – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Акротири и Декелия" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири и Декелия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Акротири и Декелия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_dhe_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri dhe Dhekelia – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Akrotiri dhe Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suver%C3%A9nne_z%C3%A1klad%C5%88ov%C3%A9_%C3%BAzemia_Akrotiri_a_Dekeleia" title="Suverénne základňové územia Akrotiri a Dekeleia – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Suverénne základňové územia Akrotiri a Dekeleia" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_in_Dekelija" title="Akrotiri in Dekelija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Akrotiri in Dekelija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dekelija" title="Akrotiri i Dekelija – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Akrotiri i Dekelija" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_i_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Akrotiri i Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_jeung_Dh%C3%A9k%C3%A9lia" title="Akrotiri jeung Dhékélia – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Akrotiri jeung Dhékélia" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrot%C3%ADri_ja_Dek%C3%A9leia" title="Akrotíri ja Dekéleia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Akrotíri ja Dekéleia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_och_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri och Dhekelia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Akrotiri och Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_at_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri at Dhekelia – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Akrotiri at Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அக்ரோத்திரியும் டெகேலியாவும் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அக்ரோத்திரியும் டெகேலியாவும்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D2%BB%D3%99%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Акротири һәм Декелия – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Акротири һәм Декелия" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A2%E1%82%85%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%82%89%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%80%91%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87_%E1%80%9C%E1%82%84%E1%82%88_%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8" title="ဢႅၵ်ႉရူဝ်ႇထီးရီႇ လႄႈ တိၵ်ႇၶေးလီးယႃး – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ဢႅၵ်ႉရူဝ်ႇထီးရီႇ လႄႈ တိၵ်ႇၶေးလီးယႃး" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF,_%E0%B0%A2%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE" title="ఆక్రోటిరి, ఢెకెలియా – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ఆక్రోటిరి, ఢెకెలియా" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="แอโครเทียรีและดิเคเลีย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แอโครเทียรีและดิเคเลีย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C4%9Frotur_ve_Dikelya" title="Ağrotur ve Dikelya – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ağrotur ve Dikelya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%96_%D1%96_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Акротирі і Декелія – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Акротирі і Декелія" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ایکروتیری و دیکیلیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ایکروتیری و دیکیلیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_e_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Akrotiri e Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_v%C3%A0_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri và Dhekelia – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Akrotiri và Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_ngan_Dhekelya" title="Akrotiri ngan Dhekelya – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Akrotiri ngan Dhekelya" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%85%8B%E7%BD%97%E8%92%82%E9%87%8C%E6%90%AD%E6%B3%BD%E5%87%AF%E5%88%A9%E4%BA%9A" title="阿克罗蒂里搭泽凯利亚 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="阿克罗蒂里搭泽凯利亚" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_%C3%A0ti_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri àti Dhekelia – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Akrotiri àti Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%9E%E6%B5%A6%E8%B7%AF%E6%96%AF%E8%8B%B1%E5%B1%AC%E5%9F%BA%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80" title="塞浦路斯英屬基地區 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="塞浦路斯英屬基地區" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_u_Dikelya" title="Akrotiri u Dikelya – Dimli" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Akrotiri u Dikelya" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Dimli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_en_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Akrotiri en Dhekelia" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-official-below{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-other{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-caption{padding-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-motto{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-elevation{display:inline;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-pol-div vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</div><div class="ib-pol-div-native nickname"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>)</span>, <span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">Ağrotur ve Dikelya</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-pol-div-official-below"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia"><img alt="Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/240px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Flag</a></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Akrotiri and Dhekelia"><img alt="Official seal of Akrotiri and Dhekelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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pink)"><img alt="Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (deep pink)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg/250px-Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg/375px-Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg/500px-Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia_in_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="325" /></a></span><div class="ib-pol-div-caption">Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (deep pink)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on Cyprus"><img alt="Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png/250px-Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png/375px-Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png/500px-Cyprus_SBAsInRed.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="321" /></a></span><div class="ib-pol-div-caption">Location of Akrotiri (southwest) and Dhekelia (southeast) in deep pink on <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Cyprus" title="Geography of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/London-Z%C3%BCrich_Agreements" class="mw-redirect" title="London-Zürich Agreements">Treaty of Establishment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 August 1960</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest civilian settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_(village)" title="Akrotiri (village)">Akrotiri</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Politics of Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Government</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>De facto</i> <a href="/wiki/Stratocracy" title="Stratocracy">stratocratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependency</a> under a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarchy of the UK">Monarch</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Administrator </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Air Vice-Marshal <a href="/wiki/Peter_J._M._Squires" title="Peter J. M. Squires">Peter Squires</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Europe,_North_America_and_Overseas_Territories" title="Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories">Minister</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Doughty" title="Stephen Doughty">Stephen Doughty</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Area</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">254 km<sup>2</sup> (98 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Akrotiri</div></th><td class="infobox-data">123 km<sup>2</sup> (47 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Dhekelia</div></th><td class="infobox-data">131 km<sup>2</sup> (51 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics of Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Population</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• 2020 estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,195<sup id="cite_ref-cia_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">not ranked</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> (<a href="/wiki/Euro_sign" title="Euro sign">€</a>) (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">EUR</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+03:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Left</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Cyprus" title="Telephone numbers in Cyprus">+357</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Cyprus" title="Postal codes in Cyprus">Postal codes in Cyprus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom#British_Overseas_Territories" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">UK postcode</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">4640 (Akrotiri) <br /> 7502 (Dhekelia)<br />BFPO 57 / BF1 2AT (Akrotiri)<br />BFPO 58 / BF1 2AU (Dhekelia)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Akrotiri and Dhekelia</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>), officially the <b>Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia</b><sup id="cite_ref-BNA1981_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNA1981-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<b>SBA</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territory</a> made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Cyprus" title="Geography of Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. The areas, which include <a href="/wiki/Overseas_military_bases_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Overseas military bases of the United Kingdom">British military bases</a> and installations that were formerly part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Crown colony of Cyprus</a>, were retained by the British under the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Guarantee_(1960)" title="Treaty of Guarantee (1960)">1960 treaty of independence</a> signed by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. The territory serves as a station for <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a> and is thereby part of the United Kingdom's surveillance-gathering work in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Cyprus_(1878%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Cyprus (1878–present)">History of Cyprus (1878–present)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/220px-6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/330px-6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/440px-6903_b01_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1776" data-file-height="1191" /></a><figcaption>Inside the officers' mess, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> March 1969</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The Sovereign Base Areas were created in 1960 by the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Z%C3%BCrich_Agreements" title="London and Zürich Agreements">London and Zürich Agreements</a>, when Cyprus achieved independence from the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>, as recorded by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> in 1960 as treaty 5476.<sup id="cite_ref-un-5476_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-5476-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The United Kingdom desired to retain sovereignty over these areas, as this guaranteed the use of UK military bases on Cyprus, including <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a>, and a garrison of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. The importance of the bases to the British is based on the strategic location of the island, at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean, close to the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> and the Middle East; the ability to use the RAF base as staging post for military aircraft; and for training. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/220px-6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/330px-6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg/440px-6903_a38_Garrison_officers_mess_Dhekelia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1211" /></a><figcaption>Garrison officers' mess Dhekelia, 1969</figcaption></figure> <p>In July and August 1961, there were a series of bomb attacks against the pipeline carrying fresh water to the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pipeline was breached by explosions twelve times.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1970s the United States built an <a href="/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar" title="Over-the-horizon radar">over-the-horizon radar</a> named Cobra Shoe, which could observe airplane operations and missile tests in southern Russia. This was operated by the RAF on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>. This augmented an earlier British system built in the early 1960s named Project Sandra. The American use of the base was hidden from the Cypriot government due to sensitivities between governments.<sup id="cite_ref-aldrich-2011_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldrich-2011-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-researchgate-201503_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-researchgate-201503-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, following a military coup by the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_National_Guard" title="Cypriot National Guard">Cypriot National Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus" title="Turkish invasion of Cyprus">Turkey invaded the north of Cyprus</a>, leading to the establishment of the internationally unrecognized <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus">Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</a>. This did not affect the status of the bases. <a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriots" title="Greek Cypriots">Greek Cypriots</a> fleeing from the Turkish forces were permitted to travel through the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area and were given humanitarian aid, with those from <a href="/wiki/Achna" title="Achna">Achna</a> setting up a new village (Dasaki Achnas or Achna Forest) which is still in the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Turkish advance halted when it reached the edge of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area to avoid military conflict with the United Kingdom. In the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area a tented refugee camp was set up at "Happy Valley" (part of the <a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to house Turkish Cypriots fleeing from Limassol and the villages surrounding the Area, until in 1975 they were flown out of RAF Akrotiri via Turkey to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">northern Cyprus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some <a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriot" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Cypriot">Greek Cypriot</a> refugees remain housed on land in the parts of <a href="/wiki/Trachoni" class="mw-redirect" title="Trachoni">Trachoni</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Kolossi" title="Kolossi">Kolossi</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> villages that fall within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, the British government decided that British forces would be entirely withdrawn from Cyprus, because the sprawling bases had become undefendable in the light of increasing <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">troop demands in Northern Ireland</a>, and because of pressure on the defence budget.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Reliable source needed (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The American government strongly objected to any British withdrawal that would result in the United States losing access to <a href="/wiki/GCHQ" title="GCHQ">GCHQ</a> signals intelligence from Cyprus, since it had lost access to its many <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a> bases in Turkey due to its political dispute with Turkey following the invasion of Cyprus. The United States agreed to contribute to base costs, and the British cancelled the closure plan. American use of the base increased, such as <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a> spy flights on Syria, though flights were generally at night "to avoid local curiosity".<sup id="cite_ref-aldrich-2011_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldrich-2011-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hazou_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hazou-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_status">Current status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The territory comprises two base areas. One is Akrotiri (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ακρωτήρι</span> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[akroˈtiri]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Ağrotur</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Turkish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Turkish" title="Help:IPA/Turkish">[ˈaːɾotuɾ]</a></span>), or the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA), which includes two main bases at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a>, plus all of <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_(village)" title="Akrotiri (village)">Akrotiri village's district</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Limassol_Salt_Lake" title="Limassol Salt Lake">Limassol Salt Lake</a>) and parts of eleven other village districts.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other area is <a href="/wiki/Dhekelia_Cantonment" title="Dhekelia Cantonment">Dhekelia Cantonment</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Δεκέλεια</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[ðeˈceʎa]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Dikelya</i>), or the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA), which includes a base at <a href="/wiki/Ayios_Nikolaos_Station" title="Ayios Nikolaos Station">Ayios Nikolaos</a> plus parts of twelve village districts.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2024, based units include </p> <dl><dt>RAF Akrotiri and Episkopi</dt> <dd>Cantonment:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._903_Expeditionary_Air_Wing" title="No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing">No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing</a> RAF</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAF">No. 84 Squadron RAF</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment">Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cyprus Operations Support Unit</li> <li>Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop</li> <li>Cyprus Joint Police Unit (CJPU)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Dhekelia Cantonment</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Ayios_Nikolaos_Station" title="Ayios Nikolaos Station">Ayios Nikolaos Station</a>, in the ESBA, is an <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence#ELINT" title="Signals intelligence">ELINT</a> (electronic intelligence) listening station of the <a href="/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement" title="UKUSA Agreement">UKUSA Agreement</a> intelligence network.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UKUSA signals intelligence system is sometimes known as "<a href="/wiki/ECHELON" title="ECHELON">ECHELON</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-EP_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EP-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governance">Governance <span class="anchor" id="Constitution_and_governance"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG/220px-Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG/330px-Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG/440px-Souvereign_Base_Areas_Police_station_on_Cyprus.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4327" data-file-height="3193" /></a><figcaption>An SBA Police station in Akrotiri</figcaption></figure> <p>The SBAs were retained in 1960 to keep military bases in areas under British sovereignty, along with the rights retained to use other sites in what became the territory of the Republic.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That makes them different from the other remaining <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas Territories</a>. </p><p>The basic philosophy of their administration was declared by the British government in Appendix O to the 1960 treaty with Cyprus, which provided that the British government intended:<sup id="cite_ref-un-5476_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-5476-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Not to develop the Sovereign Base Areas for other than military purposes.</li> <li>Not to set up and administer "colonies".</li> <li>Not to create customs posts or other frontier barriers between the Sovereign Base Areas and the Republic.</li> <li>Not to set up or permit the establishment of civilian commercial or industrial enterprises except insofar as these are connected with military requirements, and not otherwise to impair the economic, commercial or industrial unity and life of the Island.</li> <li>Not to establish commercial or civilian seaports or airports.</li> <li>Not to allow new settlement of people in the Sovereign Base Areas other than for temporary purposes.</li> <li>Not to expropriate private property within the Sovereign Base Areas except for military purposes on payment of fair compensation.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Appendix O also provides that various ancient monuments in the SBAs (in particular the site and remains of <a href="/wiki/Kourion" title="Kourion">Kourion</a>, the Sanctuary of Apollo <a href="/wiki/Hylates" title="Hylates">Hylates</a> near Kourion, the Stadium of Curium and the Church and remains of the <a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_(village)#Holy_Monastery_of_St_Nicholas_of_the_Cats" title="Akrotiri (village)">Holy Monastery of St Nicholas of the Cats</a>) should be administered by the Republic of Cyprus. The Cypriot government issues licences for antiquity excavation in the SBAs subject to British consent, and any movable antiquities found in excavations or otherwise discovered become Cypriot state property.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">British Ministry of Defence</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Because the SBAs are primarily required as military bases and not ordinary dependent territories, the Administration reports to the Ministry of Defence in London. It has no formal connection with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the British High Commission in Nicosia, although there are close informal links with both offices on policy matters.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The territory is administered by an <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrator of the Government">Administrator</a>, who is also the <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Cyprus" title="British Forces Cyprus">British Forces Cyprus</a>, which as of September 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> is <a href="/wiki/Air_Vice-Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Vice-Marshal">Air Vice-Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_J._M._Squires" title="Peter J. M. Squires">Peter J. M. Squires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Administrator is officially appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">British monarch</a> on the advice of the Ministry of Defence. The Administrator has all the executive and legislative authority of a governor of an overseas territory. A Chief Officer is appointed, and is responsible to the Administrator for the day-to-day running of the civil government, with subordinate Area Officers responsible for the civil administration of the two areas. No elections are held in the territory, although British citizens are normally entitled to vote in United Kingdom elections (as British Forces or overseas electors). </p><p>The areas have their own legal system, distinct from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus. This consists of the laws of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Cyprus">Colony of Cyprus</a> as of August 1960, amended as necessary. The laws of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are closely aligned with, and in some cases identical to, the laws operating within the Republic of Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court of the Sovereign Base Areas is concerned with non-military offences committed by any person within Akrotiri and Dhekelia, and law and order is maintained by the <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Base_Areas_Police" title="Sovereign Base Areas Police">Sovereign Base Areas Police</a>, while offences involving British Forces Cyprus and military law are dealt with by the Cyprus Joint Police Unit. Fire and rescue services are provided by the Defence Fire and Risk Management Organisation through stations at Episkopi, Akrotiri, Dhekelia and Ayios Nikolayos. The Defence Medical Services provide emergency ambulance cover based from medical centres in the main bases. All emergency services are accessible from any telephone using the Europe-wide emergency number 112. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reviews">Reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2010, a newspaper article appeared in the British press claiming that as a result of budgetary constraints arising from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Great Recession</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">British Ministry of Defence</a> drew up controversial plans to withdraw the United Kingdom's 3,000 strong garrison and end the use of Cyprus as a staging point for ground forces.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Labour government, under whom the proposal appeared, was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Cameron–Clegg coalition</a> whose defence review did not mention the issue. </p><p>On 15 December 2012 in a written statement to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>, the UK's <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Defence" title="Secretary of State for Defence">Secretary of State for Defence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Hammond" title="Philip Hammond">Philip Hammond</a>, revealed the findings of a report on the SBA military bases following the completion of a review of their operations by <a href="/wiki/Lord_Ashcroft" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Ashcroft">Lord Ashcroft</a>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Sovereign Base areas are in a region of geo-political importance and high priority for the United Kingdom's long term national security interests ... Our military personnel, United Kingdom civilians and locally employed personnel in the Sovereign Base Areas make a major contribution to the national security of the United Kingdom and will continue to do so in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dispute_and_controversies">Dispute and controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dispute and controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> claims that the Sovereign Base Areas are a "remnant of <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">colonialism</a>". On 30 June 2005 the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Cyprus">House of Representatives of Cyprus</a> unanimously adopted a resolution on the legal status of the base areas originally proposed by <a href="/wiki/Vassos_Lyssarides" title="Vassos Lyssarides">Vassos Lyssarides</a>. The resolution refers to "relevant UN decisions on the abolition of colonialism, as well as the fundamental principles of international law, which forbid the occupation of territory within the domain of any other country." It claims that "the United Kingdom does not have substantial sovereignty over the British bases, but it has as much sovereignty as is necessary for military reasons and not for administrative, financial and / or any other reasons." The resolution urged the UK government "to fulfil its financial obligations towards the Republic of Cyprus, which derive from the Treaty of Establishment." It also argued that the UK does not have territorial waters in the areas.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UK government does not recognise Cypriot claims that the UK's sovereignty in the areas is limited.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2001, protests were held at the bases by local Cypriots, unhappy with British plans to construct <a href="/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers" title="Radio masts and towers">radio masts</a> at the bases as part of an upgrade of British military communication posts around the world. Locals claimed the masts would endanger local lives and cause cancer, as well as have a negative effect on wildlife in the area. The British and Cypriot governments jointly commissioned health research from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bristol" title="University of Bristol">University of Bristol</a> and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus, and that research project reported in 2005 that there was no evidence of health problems being caused by electromagnetic fields from the antennas.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sovereign Base Areas Administration has carried out assessments and surveys into the effects on wildlife, which have fed into an "Akrotiri Peninsula Environmental Management Plan", published in September 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, the UK offered to cede 117 square kilometres (45 sq mi) of farmland as part of the rejected <a href="/wiki/Annan_Plan_for_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Annan Plan for Cyprus">Annan Plan for Cyprus</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 29 August 2013, during the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>, some Cypriot and British media sources speculated that long-range ballistic missiles, fired from Syria in retaliation for proposed British involvement in military intervention against the Syrian government of <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>, could hit Cyprus, and could potentially deliver chemical weapons. In some Cypriot media it was stated that the proposed interdiction of the Syrian civil war, utilising Akrotiri and Dhekelia, could recklessly endanger the Cypriot populations near to those bases.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days earlier, on 27 August 2013, Cypriot foreign minister <a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Kasoulides" class="mw-redirect" title="Ioannis Kasoulides">Ioannis Kasoulides</a> had moved to calm Cypriot concerns, saying that the British bases were unlikely to play a major part in any intervention.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A spike in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">US Air Force</a> arms delivery from US and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> depots in Europe to Akrotiri was reported by the Israeli newspaper <a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a>, and "the illegal presence of thousands of American soldiers" at the base have drawn criticism.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his 2024 visit to the base dispatching survailance planes to <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> noted, "We can’t necessarily tell the world what you’re doing here" "for reasons that are obvious to you, the whole world is relying on you".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surveillance planes continued being dispatched towards Gaza after the <a href="/wiki/2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire" title="2025 Gaza war ceasefire">ceasefire</a> between <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> began.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Border_and_travel_documents">Border and travel documents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Border and travel documents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SBA_bord.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SBA_bord.jpg/220px-SBA_bord.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SBA_bord.jpg/330px-SBA_bord.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/SBA_bord.jpg/440px-SBA_bord.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4416" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption>A sign at the border of <a href="/wiki/Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhekelia">Dhekelia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There is normally no passport check at the border from Akrotiri or Dhekelia to Cyprus. Perhaps to help reduce any tensions in the area, outside of the bases much of the territory is indistinguishable from that controlled by Cyprus and casual visitors may not realize that they have crossed an international border.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the exchange of notes establishing them the British government specifically stated that it would not "...create customs posts or other frontier barriers between the Sovereign Base Areas and the Republic."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More formal controls do exist at the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Northern Cyprus">Republic of Northern Cyprus</a> boundary.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Possession of a passport or an <a href="/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the_European_Economic_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="National identity cards in the European Economic Area">EU-compliant national identity card</a> is generally needed in Cyprus. A passport is required to travel between <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>/SBAs and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. Issues concerning the validity of car insurance and customs are specified by SBAs' administration.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brexit_implications">Brexit implications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Brexit implications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under Article 2(1) of the Protocol, the SBAs are partially part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union_Customs_Union" title="European Union Customs Union">European Union Customs Union</a> in three domains: <a href="/wiki/Value-added_tax" title="Value-added tax">VAT</a>, agriculture and fisheries. However, the SBAs are already outside the EU. Therefore, concerns have been raised about the future status of about 15,000 Cypriots (<a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizenship of the European Union">EU citizens</a>) working in the SBA following the UK's <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">2020 departure from the EU</a>. Cyprus, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> are the only three EU states that conducted bilateral talks with the UK on the Brexit issue. The talks between the UK and the Republic of Cyprus started in October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Brexit_withdrawal_agreement" title="Brexit withdrawal agreement">Brexit withdrawal agreement</a> has a protocol on the SBAs, with provisions essentially maintaining their previous status.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Cyprus" title="Geography of Cyprus">Geography of Cyprus</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CIA-Akrotiri.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CIA-Akrotiri.png/280px-CIA-Akrotiri.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/CIA-Akrotiri.png 1.5x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>Map of Akrotiri, Western Sovereign Base Area, <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Post_Office" title="British Forces Post Office">BFPO</a> 57</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CIA-Dhekelia.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/CIA-Dhekelia.png/280px-CIA-Dhekelia.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/CIA-Dhekelia.png 1.5x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>Map of Dhekelia, Eastern Sovereign Base Area, <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Post_Office" title="British Forces Post Office">BFPOs</a> 58 & 59</figcaption></figure> <p>Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km<sup>2</sup> (98 sq mi) (split 123 km<sup>2</sup> (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km<sup>2</sup> (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km (30 mi) and 108 km (67 mi) with Cyprus respectively. Akrotiri also has a longer coastline than Dhekelia.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 60% of the land is privately owned as freeholds by Cypriot citizens; the other 40% is controlled by the Ministry of Defence as <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">Crown</a> leasehold land.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2014, an agreement between the Cypriot and UK governments was signed, ensuring that residents and property owners in the British Bases will enjoy equal rights for the development of property.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the Treaty of Establishment also provided for the continued use by the British Ministry of Defence and the British Armed Forces of certain facilities within the Republic of Cyprus, known as <i>Retained Sites</i>. </p><p>Akrotiri is located in the south of the island, near the city of <a href="/wiki/Limassol" title="Limassol">Limassol</a> (or Lemesos). Dhekelia is in the southeast, near <a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>. Both areas include military bases, as well as farmland and some residential land. Akrotiri is surrounded by territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, but Dhekelia also borders on the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Buffer_Zone_in_Cyprus" title="United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus">United Nations (UN) buffer zone</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">area controlled by the Turkish forces</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ayia_Napa" title="Ayia Napa">Ayia Napa</a> lies to the east of Dhekelia. The villages of <a href="/wiki/Xylotympou" class="mw-redirect" title="Xylotympou">Xylotympou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ormideia" title="Ormideia">Ormideia</a>, also in the Republic of Cyprus, are enclaves surrounded by Dhekelia. The <a href="/wiki/Dhekelia_Power_Station" title="Dhekelia Power Station">Dhekelia Power Station</a>, divided by a British road into two parts, also belongs to the Republic of Cyprus. The northern part is an enclave, like the two villages, whereas the southern part is located by the sea, and therefore not an enclave, though it has no territorial waters of its own. </p><p>Territorial waters of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) are claimed, and the right <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">according to the laws of the UN</a> to extend the claim of up to 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) is reserved.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wildlife_and_ecology">Wildlife and ecology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wildlife and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg/200px-20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg/300px-20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg/400px-20061019_Episkopi_Bay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Episkopi Bay on the west coast of Akrotiri</figcaption></figure> <p>Cyprus is an important <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migration flyway</a> for birds between Africa and Europe and <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration_perils" title="Bird migration perils">millions of birds are killed yearly</a> as they migrate over the island. To protect resident and migratory birds, <a href="/wiki/BirdLife_Cyprus" title="BirdLife Cyprus">BirdLife Cyprus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Protection_of_Birds" title="Royal Society for the Protection of Birds">RSPB</a> survey areas of illegal trapping. More than 150 species of birds, over half of conservation concern, have been trapped in nets, or on <a href="/wiki/Birdlime" title="Birdlime">limesticks</a>, and it is estimated that organised crime gangs earn over 15 million Euros yearly. The dead birds are sold to provide the main ingredient for <a href="/wiki/Ambelopoulia" title="Ambelopoulia">ambelopoulia</a> — an illegal delicacy — in the Republic of Cyprus. The 2015 survey estimated a maximum 19 km (12 mi) of mist nets across both the Republic and the British Territories, and more than 5,300 limesticks removed, mainly in the Republic. It is estimated that over 2 million birds were killed in 2015 including over 800,000 on British Territories.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Employing measures such as covert camera surveillance (including a drone), exclusion zones and impounding vehicles, trapping activity at Dhekelia fell by 77.5%. In 2016 an estimated 800,000 birds were killed at Dhekelia and in the following year trapping activity fell by 77.5% and bird deaths to an estimated 180,000.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Episkopi Cliffs <a href="/wiki/Important_Bird_Area" title="Important Bird Area">Important Bird Area</a> lies mostly within the western base area, and covers much of the peninsula. It was identified as an IBA in 1989, and became recognised under the <a href="/wiki/Ramsar_Convention" title="Ramsar Convention">Ramsar Convention</a> in 2003. 60% was designated as a Special Protection Area in 2010. Over 300 bird species have been recorded in this area. The wetlands, including the large salt lake, are an important habitat and bird hotspot. These wetlands are an important breeding spot for the <a href="/wiki/Ferruginous_duck" title="Ferruginous duck">ferruginous duck</a>, which has nested there since 2005. Other species that nest in the wetlands include the <a href="/wiki/Black-winged_stilt" title="Black-winged stilt">black-winged stilt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kentish_plover" title="Kentish plover">Kentish plover</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spur-winged_lapwing" title="Spur-winged lapwing">spur-winged lapwing</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Stone-curlew" title="Stone-curlew">stone-curlew</a>. <a href="/wiki/Black_francolin" title="Black francolin">Black francolins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_wheatear" title="Cyprus wheatear">Cyprus wheatears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_warbler" title="Cyprus warbler">Cyprus warblers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eleonora%27s_falcon" title="Eleonora's falcon">Eleonora's falcons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_falcon" title="Peregrine falcon">peregrine falcons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Griffon_vulture" class="mw-redirect" title="Griffon vulture">griffon vultures</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_shag" title="European shag">European shags</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_roller" title="European roller">European rollers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blue_rock_thrush" title="Blue rock thrush">blue rock thrushs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wallcreeper" title="Wallcreeper">wallcreepers</a> breed elsewhere in the area, especially around the cliffs.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The beaches in the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) are important nesting sites for the endangered green <i>Chelonia mydas</i> and loggerhead <i>Caretta caretta</i> turtles. The SBA Environment Department, assisted by a large volunteer effort, has monitored turtle nesting success on SBA beaches since 1990. Disturbance to nesting turtles is an issue in some areas due to activities such as camping, driving on beaches and <a href="/wiki/Illegal,_unreported_and_unregulated_fishing" title="Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing">illegal fishing</a>. Sea turtles in Cyprus are protected as priority species under the Protection and Management of Nature and Wildlife Ordinance (implementing the provisions of the Habitats Directive), enacted in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2015, five <a href="/wiki/Special_Areas_of_Conservation" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Areas of Conservation">Special Areas of Conservation</a> (SACs) were designated in the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas. The five SACs designated are Akrotiri, Episkopi, Cape Pyla, Dhekelia and Agios Nikolaos.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The designations were made under the Protection and Management of Nature and Wildlife Ordinance and will support the existing network (<a href="/wiki/Natura_2000" title="Natura 2000">NATURA 2000</a>) of SACs in Cyprus and across Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Cyprus" title="Languages of Cyprus">Languages of Cyprus</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Timios_Stavros_(Holy_Cross)_in_Akrotiri_(village).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg/220px-Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg/330px-Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg/440px-Church_of_Timios_Stavros_%28Holy_Cross%29_in_Akrotiri_%28village%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3162" data-file-height="3017" /></a><figcaption>Holy Cross Church in Akrotiri village</figcaption></figure> <p>When the areas were being established, the boundaries were deliberately drawn to avoid centres of population. Approximately 18,195 people live in the areas. About 11,000 native Cypriots work in the areas themselves, or on farmland within the boundaries of the areas. The British military and their families make up the rest of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Persons related to the territory may in theory be eligible to claim the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen" title="British Overseas Territories citizen">British Overseas Territories citizenship</a> (BOTC status) through a personal connection to the areas (i.e., birth on the territory before 1983, or born after 1983 to a parent who was born on the territory before 1983). But unlike most other British Overseas Territories, there is no provision in the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_Act_2002" title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">2002 amendment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Nationality_Act_1981" title="British Nationality Act 1981">British Nationality Act 1981</a> by which British citizenship (with the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_abode_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Right of abode in the United Kingdom">right of abode in the United Kingdom</a>) can either be claimed through automatic entitlement or be applied for by means of registration, from or through a sole personal connection to the Base Areas (in comparison, the 2002 Act bestowed British citizenship on all other BOTCs). Hence, non-British and non-military personnel with a connection to the territory cannot live and work in the UK and must use their Cypriot passports to apply for visas to the UK. </p><p>Under the terms of the 1960 agreement with Cyprus establishing the Sovereign Base Areas, the United Kingdom is committed not to use the areas for civilian purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was stated in 2002 as the primary reason for the exclusion of the areas from the scope of the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_Act_2002" title="British Overseas Territories Act 2002">British Overseas Territories Act 2002</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, around 7,195 service personnel of <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Cyprus" title="British Forces Cyprus">British Forces Cyprus</a> are based at Akrotiri and Dhekelia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Service_Children%27s_Education" title="Service Children's Education">Service Children's Education</a> oversees education for children of personnel and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">MoD</a> employees. The Eastern Sovereign Base Area is served by Dhekelia Primary School and Ayios Nikolaos Primary School, which are feeders for <a href="/wiki/King_Richard_School,_Cyprus" title="King Richard School, Cyprus">King Richard School</a>. The Western Sovereign Base Area is served by Episkopi Primary School and Akrotiri Primary School, which are feeders for <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_School,_Cyprus" title="St. John's School, Cyprus">St. John's School</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg/220px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg/330px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg/440px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img11_Akrotiri_village.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5034" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Akrotiri village</figcaption></figure> <p>No economic statistics are gathered for Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The main economic activities are the provision of services to the military, as well as limited agriculture. When the territory under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus switched currencies from the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_pound" title="Cypriot pound">Cypriot pound</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> on 1 January 2008, Akrotiri and Dhekelia followed suit making the Sovereign Base Areas the only territory under British sovereignty to officially use the euro.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg/170px-Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg/255px-Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg/340px-Britse_telefooncel_op_Cyprus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3312" data-file-height="4416" /></a><figcaption>A British <a href="/wiki/Red_telephone_box" title="Red telephone box">red telephone box</a> in Dhekelia</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cypriot motorways pass through both areas. There is no public airport within the areas, but the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a> airbase is located there, which has a runway suitable for long-distance flights, but is not used for public flights.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communications">Communications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Base Areas form part of the Republic of Cyprus <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">telephone numbering plan</a>, using the international prefix <a href="/wiki/%2B357" class="mw-redirect" title="+357">+357</a>. Landline numbers are in the same eight-digit format, with the last four digits being the line number. Numbers in Dhekelia begin with the digits 2474,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while those in Akrotiri begin with the digits 2527.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Postal services are provided by the <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Post_Office" title="British Forces Post Office">British Forces Post Office</a>, with mail to Akrotiri being addressed to BFPO 57<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and mail to Dhekelia and Ayios Nikolaos being addressed to BFPO 58.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Postal_Services" title="Cyprus Postal Services">Cyprus Postal Services</a> provides postal service for civilian homes and businesses within the Base Areas, then using <a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Cyprus" title="Postal codes in Cyprus">Cypriot postal codes</a> and "Cyprus" as country on letters from abroad. </p><p>The bases are issued different <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">amateur radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio_callsigns_of_the_Middle_East#Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur radio callsigns of the Middle East">call signs</a> from the Republic of Cyprus. Amateur radio stations on the bases use the <a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a> prefix of "ZC4", which is assigned to Great Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are about 52 amateurs licensed in this manner. Amateur <a href="/wiki/Radio_Direction_Finding" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Direction Finding">radio direction finding</a> identified RAF Akrotiri as the location of the powerful but now defunct <a href="/wiki/Shortwave_radio" title="Shortwave radio">shortwave</a> <a href="/wiki/Numbers_station" title="Numbers station">numbers station</a> "<a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_Poacher_(numbers_station)" title="Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers station)">Lincolnshire Poacher</a>". Several <a href="/wiki/HRS_antenna" class="mw-redirect" title="HRS antenna">curtain antennas</a> there have been identified as being used for these transmissions.<sup id="cite_ref-Numbers_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Numbers-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg/220px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg/330px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg/440px-Akrotiri_01-2017_img01_BBC_transmitter_masts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4289" data-file-height="2412" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a> transmitter masts in Akrotiri</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service#BFBS_Radio" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Radio 1 and 2</a> are broadcast on <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM</a> and can be widely received across Cyprus. <a href="/wiki/British_Forces_Broadcasting_Service#BFBS_Television" title="British Forces Broadcasting Service">BFBS Television</a> is now only available to viewers via satellite, having been confined to the SBAs or encrypted in 1997 for copyright reasons,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before BFBS switched off its analogue transmitters in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/British_East_Mediterranean_Relay_Station" title="British East Mediterranean Relay Station">British East Mediterranean Relay Station</a> was situated locally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Football clubs in the territory, such as <a href="/wiki/Ethnikos_Achna_FC" title="Ethnikos Achna FC">Ethnikos Achna FC</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ethnikos_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnikos-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/APEA_Akrotiri" title="APEA Akrotiri">APEA Akrotiri</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Kerkida.net_2022_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerkida.net_2022-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> compete in the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_football_league_system" title="Cypriot football league system">Cypriot football league system</a>. A separate league for British military teams, the Cyprus Forces Football League, is run by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_FA" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Air Force FA">Royal Air Force FA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Football_Association_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Football_Association-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Commander British Forces Cyprus Sporting Competition (CBF Cup), a multi-sport competition between teams representing bases and resident British infantry battalions, is held annually.<sup id="cite_ref-Forces_Network_2018_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forces_Network_2018-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=19" 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Egemen Üs Bölgeleri</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cia-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cia_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/akrotiri/">the original</a> on 19 June 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+World+Factbook&rft.atitle=Akrotiri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Fakrotiri%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BNA1981-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BNA1981_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61">"British Nationality Act 1981 – SCHEDULE 6 British Overseas Territories"</a>. UK Government. September 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=British+Nationality+Act+1981+%E2%80%93+SCHEDULE+6+British+Overseas+Territories&rft.pub=UK+Government&rft.date=2016-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2F1981%2F61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-worlds-five-military-empires">"The World's Five Military Empires"</a>. <i>Big Think</i>. 10 July 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Big+Think&rft.atitle=The+World%27s+Five+Military+Empires&rft.date=2017-07-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbigthink.com%2Fstrange-maps%2Fthe-worlds-five-military-empires&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWald2019" class="citation news cs1">Wald, Charles (4 December 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://breakingdefense.com/2019/12/pull-us-troops-out-of-turkey-former-eucom-deputy/">"Pull US Troops Out of Turkey: Former EUCOM Deputy"</a>. <i>Breaking Defense</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Breaking+Defense&rft.atitle=Pull+US+Troops+Out+of+Turkey%3A+Former+EUCOM+Deputy&rft.date=2019-12-04&rft.aulast=Wald&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbreakingdefense.com%2F2019%2F12%2Fpull-us-troops-out-of-turkey-former-eucom-deputy%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-un-5476-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-un-5476_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-un-5476_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/CY_600816_TreatyNicosia.pdf">"Treaty concerning the Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. United Nations. 16 August 1960. Treaty series 1960 No. 5476<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Treaty+concerning+the+Establishment+of+the+Republic+of+Cyprus&rft.pub=United+Nations&rft.date=1960-08-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeacemaker.un.org%2Fsites%2Fpeacemaker.un.org%2Ffiles%2FCY_600816_TreatyNicosia.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Cyprus Base Pipe Again Broken." Times [London, England] 2 August 1961: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 December 2017</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">OUR CORRESPONDENT. "Another Attack On Cyprus Pipeline." Times [London, England] 8 August 1961: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 December 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aldrich-2011-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-aldrich-2011_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-aldrich-2011_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAldrich2011" class="citation book cs1">Aldrich, Richard J. (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=l9i5bt1-7HYC"><i>GCHQ</i></a>. London: Harper Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">320–</span>323, <span class="nowrap">329–</span>332. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-007312-665" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-007312-665"><bdi>978-0-007312-665</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=GCHQ&rft.place=London&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E320-%3C%2Fspan%3E323%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E329-%3C%2Fspan%3E332&rft.pub=Harper+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-007312-665&rft.aulast=Aldrich&rft.aufirst=Richard+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dl9i5bt1-7HYC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-researchgate-201503-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-researchgate-201503_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStergiou2015" class="citation journal cs1">Stergiou, Andreas (March 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273333294">"The Exceptional Case of the British Military Bases on Cyprus"</a>. <i>Middle Eastern Studies</i>. <b>51</b> (2): 295. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00263206.2014.947283">10.1080/00263206.2014.947283</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143721739">143721739</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 January</span> 2025</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=graphsearch.epfl.ch&rft.atitle=Akrotiri+and+Dhekelia+%7C+EPFL+Graph+Search&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgraphsearch.epfl.ch%2Fen%2Fconcept%2F1025144&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=538">"PRIO"</a>. <i>prio-cyprus-displacement.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=prio-cyprus-displacement.net&rft.atitle=PRIO&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prio-cyprus-displacement.net%2Fdefault.asp%3Fid%3D538&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unmultimedia.org/s/photo/detail/852/0085284.html">UN photos</a> of the refugee tents, and an account of the camp on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rafakrotiri.co.uk/episkopi/index.html">RAF Akrotiri website</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=252">"PRIO"</a>. <i>prio-cyprus-displacement.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=prio-cyprus-displacement.net&rft.atitle=PRIO&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prio-cyprus-displacement.net%2Fdefault.asp%3Fid%3D252&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAkrotiri+and+Dhekelia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=418">PRIO Centre report on Trachoni</a>, and figures for housing units on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.trachoni.com/english/history.htm">Trachoni Village website</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130313165544/http://www.trachoni.com/english/history.htm">Archived</a> 13 March 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=405">PRIO Centre report on Kolossi</a>,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_06_PIs/01_02_09_06_49_PI_2008/20080101_PI-41_u.pdf">Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Motorway and Speed Limits) Order 2008</a> for grid refs and street names for Trachoni, Kolossi and Achna Forest refugee settlements</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hazou-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hazou_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHazou2018" class="citation news cs1">Hazou, Elias (11 October 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181011213916/https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/10/11/anastasiades-stays-mum-on-secret-us-base/">"Anastasiades stays mum on 'secret' US base (Updated: adds former spy chief)"</a>. <i>Cyprus Mail</i>. 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(2003). <i>Zones of Conflict: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Balkans and the Greater Middle East</i>. 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title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gough_Island" title="Gough Island">Gough Island</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former colonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom">List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sovereign Base Areas</a>. <sup>2</sup> Partial suspension of sovereignty due to the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System" title="Antarctic Treaty System">Antarctic Treaty</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Former_British_Empire_and_Current_British_Overseas_Territories685" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Europe6" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Europe</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></b> since 1960 (before as part of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Corsican_Kingdom" title="Anglo-Corsican Kingdom">Corsica</a> 1794–1796</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 1878–1960</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></b> since 1713</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heligoland" title="Heligoland">Heligoland</a> 1807–1890</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> 1809–1864</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> 1177–1542</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> 1542–1800 <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_1800" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Union 1800">integrated into the UK</a>)</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Free State</a> 1921–1931</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup>Malta <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Protectorate" title="Malta Protectorate">Protectorate</a> 1800–1813</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">Colony</a> 1813–1964</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Minorca</a> 1708–1757, 1763–1782 and 1798–1802</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Africa667" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1815</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basutoland" title="Basutoland">Basutoland</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a>) 1868–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bechuanaland_Protectorate" title="Bechuanaland Protectorate">Bechuanaland</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>) 1884–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Cameroons" title="British Cameroons">Cameroons</a><sup>13</sup> 1919–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> 1795–1803</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape of Good Hope</a> 1806–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Central_Africa_Protectorate" title="British Central Africa Protectorate">Central Africa</a> 1891–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Protectorate" title="East Africa Protectorate">East Africa</a> 1895–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Egypt" title="Sultanate of Egypt">Egypt</a> 1882–1922</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Gambia_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Gambia Colony and Protectorate">The Gambia</a> 1816–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)" title="Gold Coast (British colony)">Gold Coast</a> (<sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>) 1874–1957</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">Kenya</a> 1920–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagos_Colony" title="Lagos Colony">Lagos</a> 1862–1906</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Madeira" title="History of Madeira">Madeira</a> 1807–1808</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Mauritius" title="British Mauritius">Mauritius</a> 1810–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Natal" title="Colony of Natal">Natal</a> 1856–1910</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niger_Coast_Protectorate" title="Niger Coast Protectorate">Niger Coast</a> 1884–1900</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Nigeria" title="Colonial Nigeria">Nigeria</a> 1914–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a><sup>15</sup> 1924–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyasaland" title="Nyasaland">Nyasaland</a> 1891–1964</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_River_Colony" title="Orange River Colony">Orange River</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1658</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Seychelles" title="History of Seychelles">Seychelles</a> 1903–1976</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Colony_and_Protectorate" title="Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate">Sierra Leone</a> 1792–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">Somaliland</a> 1884–1960</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">South Africa</a> 1910–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-West_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="South-West Africa">South-West Africa</a><sup>12</sup> 1915–1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia</a><sup>14</sup> 1923–1965 and 1979–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria</a> 1900–1914</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Swaziland" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Swaziland">Swaziland</a> 1893–1968</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan" title="Anglo-Egyptian Sudan">Sudan</a> 1899–1956</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanganyika_Territory" title="Tanganyika Territory">Tanganyika</a><sup>13</sup> 1922–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transvaal_Colony" title="Transvaal Colony">Transvaal</a> 1900–1910</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1816</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Protectorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda Protectorate">Uganda</a> 1890–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a> 1890–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zululand</a> 1887–1897</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>12</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><sup>13</sup><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. British Cameroons is now part of <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>, while Tanganyika is part of <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>.</li> <li><sup>14</sup><a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">Self-governing</a> Southern Rhodesia <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia%27s_Unilateral_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence">unilaterally declared independence</a> in 1965 (as <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>) and continued as an <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">unrecognised</a> state until the 1979 <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_House_Agreement" title="Lancaster House Agreement">Lancaster House Agreement</a>. After recognised independence in 1980, Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth until it withdrew in 2003.</li> <li><sup>15</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Asia334" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Asia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Colony" title="Aden Colony">Aden Colony</a> 1839–1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">Afghanistan</a> 1839–1842 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_influence_in_Afghanistan" title="European influence in Afghanistan">Protectorate</a> 1879–1919</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Bencoolen" title="British Bencoolen">Bencoolen</a> 1685–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangka_Island" title="Bangka Island">Banka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belitung" title="Belitung">Billiton</a> 1812–1824</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal</a> 1757–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bhutan" title="History of Bhutan">Bhutan</a> (protectorate) 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Borneo" title="British Borneo">Borneo</a> 1874–1963</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></b> since 1965 (before as part of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a>)<sup>26</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma">Burma</a> 1824–1948</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Bruneian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruneian Empire">Brunei</a> 1888–1984</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> 1795–1948</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Cyprus" title="British Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 1878–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> 1841–1997</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a><sup>18</sup> 1858–1947</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> 1811–1816</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikhdom_of_Kuwait" title="Sheikhdom of Kuwait">Kuwait</a> 1918–1961</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Labuan" title="Crown Colony of Labuan">Labuan</a> 1848–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Malaya" title="British Malaya">Malaya</a> 1819–1826 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federated_Malay_States" title="Federated Malay States">Federated States</a> 1895–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unfederated_Malay_States" title="Unfederated Malay States">Unfederated States</a> 1885–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Union" title="Malayan Union">Union</a> 1946–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Federation</a> 1948–1957</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Malacca" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Malacca">Malacca</a> 1824–1946 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malacca" title="Crown Colony of Malacca">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1957</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Independence_of_the_Maldives" title="Independence of the Maldives">Maldives</a> 1796–1965</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_Manila" title="British occupation of Manila">Manila and Cavite</a> 1762–1764</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Mesopotamia" title="Mandate for Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a><sup>19</sup> 1920–1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscat_and_Oman" title="Muscat and Oman">Muscat and Oman</a> 1891–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo" title="North Borneo">North Borneo</a> 1882–1963 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_North_Borneo" title="Crown Colony of North Borneo">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padang" title="Padang">Padang</a> 1781–1784 and 1795–1819</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a><sup>19</sup> 1923–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Penang" title="History of Penang">Penang</a> 1786–1946 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Penang" title="Crown Colony of Penang">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1957</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4n_S%C6%A1n_Island" title="Côn Sơn Island">Pulo Condore</a> 1702–1705</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_of_Sarawak" title="Raj of Sarawak">Sarawak</a> 1841–1946 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Sarawak" title="Crown Colony of Sarawak">Crown Colony</a> 1946–1963</li></ul></li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Singapore" title="Colony of Singapore">Singapore</a> 1946–1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Vietnam_(1945%E2%80%931946)" title="War in Vietnam (1945–1946)">South Vietnam</a> 1945–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a> 1826–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan" title="Emirate of Transjordan">Transjordan</a> 1921–1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a> 1892–1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weihaiwei_under_British_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Weihaiwei under British rule">Weihai</a> 1898–1930</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>18</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><sup>19</sup><a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. Iraq's mandate was not enacted and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Iraqi_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Iraqi Treaty">Anglo-Iraqi Treaty</a></li> <li><sup>26</sup>Legitimacy of territorial establishment <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">disputed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="North_America13" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North America</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla">Anguilla</a></b> since 1650</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/Antigua" title="Antigua">Antigua</a> 1632–1860</li> <li>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="History of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> 1860–1981</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Bahamas" title="History of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a> 1670–1973</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a> 1624–1966</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Islands_Department" title="Bay Islands Department">Bay Islands</a> 1643–1860</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Honduras" title="British Honduras">Belize</a> 1871–1981</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></b> since 1619</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Arctic_Territories" title="British Arctic Territories">British Arctic Territories</a> 16th c.–1880</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1858%E2%80%931866)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)">British Columbia</a> 1858–1866 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_British_Columbia_(1866%E2%80%931871)" title="Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871)">1866–1871</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a> 1754–1820</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Dominica" title="History of Dominica">Dominica</a> 1763–1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Florida" title="East Florida">East Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Grenada" title="History of Grenada">Grenada</a> 1762–1974</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Canada" title="Lower Canada">Lower</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper</a> 1791–1841</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canada" title="Province of Canada">Province</a> 1841–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-Confederation_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931914)" title="Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914)">Dominion</a> 1867–1931</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Carolina</a> 1663–1712</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></b> since 1670</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_District" title="Columbia District">Columbia District</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oregon_Country" title="Oregon Country">Oregon Country</a> 1818–1846</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Colony" title="Delaware Colony">Delaware</a> 1701–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Jersey" title="East Jersey">East Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Georgia</a> 1733–1776</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Jamaica</a> 1655–1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Leeward_Islands" title="British Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> 1671–1816, 1833–1960</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay</a> 1629–1691 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province</a>, 1691–1776</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maryland" title="Province of Maryland">Maryland</a> 1632–1776</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a></b> since 1632</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Mosquito Coast</a> 1655–1860</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevis" title="Nevis">Nevis</a> 1628–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Albion" title="New Albion">New Albion</a> 1579</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_New_Brunswick" title="History of New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a> 1784–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_England" title="Dominion of New England">New England</a> 1686–1689</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> 1680–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Colony" title="New Haven Colony">New Haven</a> 1637–1662</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Jersey" title="Province of New Jersey">New Jersey</a> 1665–1674 and 1702–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a> 1664–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> 1907–1949</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="History of Newfoundland and Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</a> 1583–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-Western_Territory" title="North-Western Territory">North-Western Territory</a> 1859–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nova_Scotia" title="History of Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> 1713–1867</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulet_affair_(1843)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paulet affair (1843)">Paulet affair</a> 1843</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="History of Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> 1763–1873</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> 1681–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Colony" title="Plymouth Colony">Plymouth</a> 1620–1691</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%931791)" title="Province of Quebec (1763–1791)">Quebec</a> 1763–1791* <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_the_Queen_Charlotte_Islands" title="Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands">Queen Charlotte Islands</a> 1853–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations" title="Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations">Rhode Island</a> 1636–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupert%27s_Land" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a> 1670–1870</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Croix</a> 1625–1650</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts" title="Saint Kitts">Saint Kitts</a> 1623–1983</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="History of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> 1882–1983</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Saint_Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="British Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> 1605–1979</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="History of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> 1627–1979</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saybrook_Colony" title="Saybrook Colony">Saybrook</a> 1635–1644</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> 1712–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stickeen_Territories" title="Stickeen Territories">Stickeen</a> 1862–1863</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="History of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> 1889–1962</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></b> since 1799</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Vancouver_Island" title="Colony of Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a> 1849–1866</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></b> since 1666</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a> 1607–1776</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_Florida" title="British West Florida">West Florida</a> 1763–1783</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Federation" title="West Indies Federation">West Indies Federation</a> 1958–1962 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Indies_Associated_States" title="West Indies Associated States">Associated States</a> 1967–1983</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Jersey" title="West Jersey">West Jersey</a> 1674–1702</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Windward_Islands" title="British Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> 1833–1960</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template talk:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navbox with columns"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Oceania230" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Oceania</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold;">18th and 19th centuries</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">20th century</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">New South Wales</a> 1788–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Tasmania" title="Colony of Tasmania">Tasmania</a> 1803–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Islands" title="Auckland Islands">Auckland Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1807–1863</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hebrides" title="New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a><sup>21</sup> 1824–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">Queensland</a> 1824–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swan_River_Colony" title="Swan River Colony">Swan River</a>/<a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Western Australia">Western Australia</a> 1829–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of South Australia">South Australia</a> 1836–1901</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="History of the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></b> since 1838</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1841–1907</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Australia" title="North Australia">North Australia</a> 1846–1847</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Victoria" title="Colony of Victoria">Victoria</a> 1851–1901</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Fiji" title="Colony of Fiji">Fiji</a> 1874–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Western_Pacific_Territories" title="British Western Pacific Territories">Western Pacific Territories</a> 1877–1976</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Papua</a> 1884–1902</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rarotonga" title="Kingdom of Rarotonga">Rarotonga</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands_Federation" title="Cook Islands Federation">Cook Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1888–1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Islands">Union Islands</a><sup>20</sup> 1889–1948</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands" title="Gilbert and Ellice Islands">Gilbert and Ellice Islands</a><sup>22</sup> 1892–1979</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/British_Solomon_Islands" title="British Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> 1893–1978</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:10em;"><div> <ul><li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tonga" title="History of Tonga">Tonga</a> 1900–1970</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Niue" title="History of Niue">Niue</a><sup>20</sup> 1900–1974</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1901%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Australia (1901–1945)">Australia</a> 1901–1942</li> <li><sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealand" title="Dominion of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> 1907–1947</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Western_Samoa_Trust_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Samoa Trust Territory">Samoa</a> 1914–1962</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">Nauru</a> 1919–1942 and 1945–1968</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>20</sup>Now part of the <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a></li> <li><sup>21</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><sup>22</sup>Now <sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> and <sup>†</sup>*<a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="South_America174" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">South America</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Providence_Island_colony" title="Providence Island colony">Providence Island</a> 1631–1641</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willoughbyland" class="mw-redirect" title="Willoughbyland">Willoughbyland</a> 1651–1667</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">Saint Andrew and Providence Islands</a><sup>4</sup> 1670–1688</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/British_Guiana" title="British Guiana">Guiana</a> 1831–1966</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></b><sup>5</sup> since 1833</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></b><sup>5</sup> since 1908</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>4</sup>Now a <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><sup>5</sup>Occupied by Argentina during the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> of April–June 1982.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Antarctica_and_the_South_Atlantic463" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Antarctica and the South Atlantic</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1658</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1815</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha">Tristan da Cunha</a></b><sup>23</sup> since 1816</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></b> since 1833</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a>)</span> 1841–1933</li> <li><sup>†</sup><a href="/wiki/Ross_Dependency" title="Ross Dependency">Ross Dependency</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand" title="Realm of New Zealand">Realm of New Zealand</a>)</span> 1841–1947</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></b><sup>24</sup> since 1908</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></b><sup>25</sup> since 1908</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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title="Jersey">Bailiwick of Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Special areas<br />of internal<br />sovereignty</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_division" title="Autonomous administrative division">autonomous region</a> subject to the <a 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title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">country of the United Kingdom</a> subject to the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">British-Irish Agreement</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Spans the conventional boundary between Europe and another continent.</li> <li><sup>2</sup> Considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons but is geographically in Western Asia.</li> <li><sup>3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Island#Oceanic_islands" title="Island">Oceanic islands</a> within the vicinity of Europe are usually grouped with the continent even though they are not situated on its continental shelf.</li> <li><sup>4</sup> Governed by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> which has sovereignty over Vatican City.</li></ul> <ul><li><span 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