{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smaller of the two is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "34 37 N, 32 58 E"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Middle East"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "123 sq km"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes a salt lake and wetlands"
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "total": {
        "text": "48 km"
      },
      "border countries": {
        "text": "Cyprus 48 km"
      }
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "56.3 km"
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Population": {
      "text": "(2020) approximately 18,195 on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 11,000 Cypriots and 7,195 Service and UK-based contract personnel and dependents"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "Languages": {
        "text": "English, Greek"
      },
      "major-language sample(s)": {
        "text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
      }
    },
    "Age structure": {
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "NA"
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "NA"
      }
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: NA"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: NA"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: NA"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: NA"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: NA"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: NA"
      }
    },
    "Current health expenditure": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Education expenditures": {
      "text": "NA"
    }
  },
  "Environment": {
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "hunting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base"
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters"
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "none"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Akrotiri"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "named for the village that lies within the Western Sovereign Base Area on Cyprus"
      }
    },
    "Dependency status": {
      "text": "a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "34 40 N, 32 51 E"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "\"Episkopi\" means \"episcopal\" in Greek and stems from the fact that the site previously served as the bishop's seat of an Orthodox diocese"
      }
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "history": {
        "text": "presented 3 August 1960, effective 16 August 1960 (The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960 serves as a basic legal document)"
      },
      "amendments": {
        "text": "amended 1966"
      }
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus; note - the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022)"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Peter J.M. SQUIRES (since 1 September 2022); note - administrator reports to the British Ministry of Defense and is also Commander, British Forces Cyprus (BFC); the chief officer, an appointed civilian, is responsible for the day-to-day running of the civil government of the Sovereign Base Areas"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "the monarchy is hereditary; administrator appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Ministry of Defense"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "Senior Judges' Court (consists of several visiting judges from England and Wales)"
      },
      "judge selection and term of office": {
        "text": "see entry for United Kingdom"
      },
      "subordinate courts": {
        "text": "Resident Judges' Court; Courts Martial"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "embassy": {
        "text": "none (overseas territory of the UK)"
      }
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "the flag of the UK is used"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> as a UK area of special sovereignty, \"God Save the King\" is official (see United Kingdom)</p>"
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Exchange rates": {
      "text": "<p><strong>note:</strong> uses the euro</p>"
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "British Forces Broadcast Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite TV service as well as BFBS radio broadcasts to the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area"
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
  },
  "Military and Security": {
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "defense is the responsibility of the UK; Akrotiri (aka the Western Sovereign Base Area) has a full Royal Air Force base, headquarters for British Forces Cyprus, and the Episkopi Cantonment"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Illicit drugs": {
      "text": "NA"
    }
  }
}