Compare Coral Sea Islands (2008) - Dhekelia (2008)

Compare Coral Sea Islands (2008) z Dhekelia (2008)

	Coral Sea Islands (2008)	Dhekelia (2008)

Area	total: less than 3 sq km land: less than 3 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea area of about 780,000 sq km, with the Willis Islets the most important	total: 130.8 sq km note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves
Area - comparative	NA	about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC
Background	Scattered over more than three-quarters of a million square kilometers of ocean, the Coral Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy many other islands and reefs.	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
Capital	-	name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia); located in Akrotiri geographic coordinates: 34 40 N, 32 51 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Climate	tropical	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline	3,095 km	27.5 km
Constitution	-	Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
Country name	conventional long form: Coral Sea Islands Territory conventional short form: Coral Sea Islands	conventional long form: Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Dhekelia
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department	a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international	none	-
Economy - overview	no economic activity	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Cato Island 6 m	-
Environment - current issues	no permanent fresh water resources	netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn
Exchange rates	-	Cypriot pounds per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003)
Executive branch	administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	the flag of the UK is used
Geographic coordinates	18 00 S, 152 00 E	34 59 N, 33 45 E
Geography - note	important nesting area for birds and turtles	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
Industries	-	none
Irrigated land	0 sq km	-
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 103 km (approximately) border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mostly grass or scrub cover) (2005)	-
Languages	-	English, Greek
Legal system	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply	the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
Location	Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia	on the southeast coast of Cyprus near Famagusta
Map references	Oceania	Middle East
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the Royal Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors	includes Dhekelia Garrison and Ayios Nikolaos Station connected by a roadway
Natural hazards	occasional tropical cyclones	-
Natural resources	NEGL	-
Population	no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a staff of three to four at the meteorological station on Willis Island (July 2007 est.)	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
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM NA, FM 1 (located in Akrotiri), shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Television broadcast stations	-	0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)
Terrain	sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)	-

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