s: exchange rate conversion - $NA, roughly 4%
of GDP (1995 est.)

Defense note: Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and
supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993

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@Cyprus
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Map
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Location: 35 00 N, 33 00 E -- Middle East, island in the
Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey

Flag
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Description: white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island
(the name Cyprus is derived from the Greek word for copper) above
two green crossed olive branches in the center of the flag; the
branches symbolize the hope for peace and reconciliation between the
Greek and Turkish communities

Geography
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Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of
Turkey

Geographic coordinates: 35 00 N, 33 00 E

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total area: 9,250 sq km (note - 3,355 sq km are in the Turkish area)
land area: 9,240 sq km
comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Connecticut

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 648 km

Maritime claims:
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: 1974 hostilities divided the island into
two de facto autonomous areas, a Greek area controlled by the
Cypriot Government (59% of the island's land area) and a
Turkish-Cypriot area (37% of the island), that are separated by a UN
buffer zone (4% of the island); there are two UK sovereign base
areas within the Greek Cypriot portion of the island

Climate: temperate, Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool,
wet winters

Terrain: central plain with mountains to north and south;
scattered but significant plains along southern coast
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Olympus 1,952 m

Natural resources: copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber,
salt, marble, clay earth pigment

Land use:
arable land: 40%
permanent crops: 7%
meadows and pastures: 10%
forest and woodland: 18%
other: 25%

Irrigated land: 350 sq km (1989)

Environment:
current issues: water resource problems (no natural reservoir
catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, and most potable
resources concentrated in the Turkish Cypriot area); water pollution
from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of
wildlife habitats from ur