Cyprus

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: 9,251 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in north Cyprus) land: 9,241 sq km water: 10 sq km
Area - comparative	about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut
Land boundaries	total: 150.4 km (approximately) border sovereign base areas: Akrotiri 47.4 km, Dhekelia 103 km (approximately)
Coastline	648 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Terrain	central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m
Natural resources	copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment
Land use	arable land: 10.81% permanent crops: 4.32% other: 84.87% (2005)
Irrigated land	460 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	0.4 cu km (2005)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.21 cu km/yr (27%/1%/71%) per capita: 250 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	moderate earthquake activity; droughts
Environment - current issues	water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia)