Dhekelia

Country	Dhekelia
Capital	Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri
Dependency status	A special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Population	Approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents
Languages	English, Greek
Location	Eastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta
Geographic coordinates	34 59 N, 33 45 E
Map references	Middle East
Area	Total: 130.8 sq km
Area - comparative	About three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	Total: 103 km (approximately) Border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)
Coastline	27.5 km
Climate	Temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Environment - current issues	Netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn
Geography - note	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land