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Eastern Sovereign Base Area

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Coat of arms of Her Majesty's Government of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Flag of the SBA
(see article)
Coat of arms of Her Majesty's Government
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (red)
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (red)
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (pink)on Cyprus (pink, grey & beige)
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (pink)
on Cyprus (pink, grey & beige)
Status British Overseas Territory
Capital
and largest settlement
Episkopi
Official languages English
Other languages Greek
Cypriot Greek
Cypriot Turkish
Turkish
Demonym Akrotic-Dhecelic
Akrotirian
Government Constitutional monarchy under militaric administration
• Monarch
Elizabeth II
• Administrator
Air Vice-Marshal Michael Wigston CBE ex officio
Legislature SBA Administration
Established in 1960
Area
• Total
254 km2 (98 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
  • ~7,700 Cypriots
  • ~8,000 British military personnel and their families
Currency Euro (EUR)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)
EEST (UTC+3)
Drives on the left
Calling code +357

Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (abbr. SBA; Greek: Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλιας, Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou kai Dekélias; Turkish: Egemen Üs Bölgeleri Ağrotur ve Dikelya), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus. The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as well as other land, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty of independence, signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus. The territory serves an important role as a station for signals intelligence and provides a vital strategic part of the United Kingdom communications gathering and monitoring network in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

The territory is comprised of two Base Areas. One is Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι pronounced [akroˈtiri]; Turkish: Ağrotur [ˈɑɰɾotuɾ]), or the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA), which includes two main bases at RAF Akrotiri and Episkopi, plus all of Akrotiri Village's district (including Limassol Salt Lake) and parts of eleven other village districts. The other area is Dhekelia Cantonment (Δεκέλεια [ðeˈceʎa]; Dikelya), or the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA), which includes a base at Ayios Nikolaos plus parts of twelve village districts.


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