Cyprus


Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coasts of Syria and Turkey. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, and a member state of the European Union since May 1, 2004. It is locatedmiles south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, north of Egypt and east of Greece.

According to the 2006 census carried out by Northern Cyprus, there were 256,644 people living in Northern Cyprus. 178,031 were citizens of Northern Cyprus, of whom 147,405 were born in Cyprus 27,333 born in Turkey 2,482 born in the UK and 913 born in Bulgaria. Of the 147,405 citizens born in Cyprus, 120,031 say both parents were born in Cyprus 16,824 say both parents born in Turkey 10,361 have one parent born in Turkey and one parent born in Cyprus.

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