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Cyprus

	Κύπρος Kıbrıs

Ελληνικά	Κύπρος - Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία^[1] Η Κύπρος είναι νησί της ανατολικής Μεσογείου θάλασσας, το τρίτο σε μέγεθος, και βρίσκεται 100 περίπου χιλιόμετρα νότια της Τουρκίας και 120 χιλιόμετρα δυτικά της Συρίας. Γεωγραφικά η Κύπρος ανήκει στην νοτιοδυτική Ασία. Ωστόσο, επειδή ιστορικά, πολιτιστικά η Κύπρος ακολούθησε τη πορεία όλου του Ελληνισμού, μπορεί να θεωρείται μέρος της Δύσης και της Ευρώπης.
Türkçe	Kıbrıs - Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti Kıbrıs Akdeniz'de bir adadır. Kuzeyinde 65 km mesafe ile Türkiye, doğusunda 112 km mesafe ile Suriye, 267 km ile İsrail, 162 km ile Lübnan; güneyinde 418 km ile Mısır; batısında ise 965 km ile Yunanistan yer almaktadır. Kıbrıs adası 30.33 ve 35.41 eylemleri ve 32.23 ve 34.55 boylamları arasındadır. KKTC'nin yüzölçümü 3.355 km²dir. Yaklaşık olarak ada sahillerinin yarısı KKTC sınırları içerisindedir.
English	Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus The Republic of Cyprus is a Eurasian island nation in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea south of the Anatolian peninsula (Asia Minor). A Turkish invasion in 1974 led to the establishment of a separatist government to govern the invaded area, currently styling itself the Turkish Republic of ► Northern Cyprus, separated from the south by the UN-controlled Green Line and recognized only by Turkey. The Republic of Cyprus has been a member state of the European Union since 1 May 2004. The British possess ► Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island. Cyprus lies south of ► Turkey, west of ► Syria and ► Lebanon and north of ► Egypt.

Short name	Cyprus
Official name	Republic of Cyprus
Status	Independent country since 1960, member of the ► European Union since 2004
Location	Mediterranean Sea
Capital	Λευκωσία^[2] (Nicosia) Lefkoşa
Population	875,900 inhabitants
Area	9,251 square kilometres (3,572 sq mi)
Major languages	Greek, Turkish (both official)
Major religions	Cypriot Orthodoxy, Islam
More information	Cyprus, Geography of Cyprus, History of Cyprus and Politics of Cyprus
More images	Cyprus - Cyprus (Category).

General maps

Map of the division of Cyprus

Topographic map of Cyprus

Divided Cyprus with the Districts of Cyprus

Map of municipalities of Greek-controlled area of Cyprus

Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus. See also Atlas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

Map of Northern Cyprus. See also Atlas of Northern Cyprus.

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Cyprus, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Cyprus.

The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC

The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:

Kingdom of Ptolemy

Kingdom of Cassander

Kingdom of Lysimachus

Kingdom of Seleucus

Other states:

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Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Lydia

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present

Roman conquest of Minor Asia

Map of the Roman Empire in 50

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;

133 BC

44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)

AD 14 (death of Augustus)

117 (maximum extension)

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Cyprus in the Roman Empire

Map of the Roman Empire in 116

Roman Empire in 117

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

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Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empires, c.476

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire 550

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the :en:Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

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The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025

Byzantine Empire 1025

The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081

Cyprus and the Crusader states in 1135

Minor Asia in 1140 (in Spanish)

The Crusader States

Ayyubid rule in 1189

The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190

Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.

Byzantine Empire 1180

The Kingdom of Cyprus in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).

Kingdom of Cyprus in 1265

Kingdom of Cyprus in 1355

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Cyprus inside the British Empire

A former British colony, the Republic of Cyprus gained independence in 1960 while the United Kingdom retained two Sovereign Base Areas. Following 11 years of alternating intercommunal violence, leading to the sending of UN peacekeeping forces in 1964, and peaceful attempts at reconciliation in response to an Athens-engineered coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece, Turkey launched a two-stage invasion of the island in 1974. The invasion led to the internal displacement of thousands of Greek and Turkish Cypriots and the subsequent establishment of a separatist regime to govern the invaded area, currently styling itself the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, separated from the south by the UN-controlled Green Line and recognized only by Turkey.

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Early 18th century map by Pieter van der Aa

Map by Pieter van der Aa made in 1719 of Turkey and Cyprus

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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↑ Romanization according to ISO 843: Kýpros - Kypriakḗ Dēmokratía.
↑ Rom,anization: Leykōsía.

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References

Category:Atlas of Europe#Cyprus,%20Atlas%20of Category:Atlas of Asia#Cyprus,%20Atlas%20of Category:Maps of Cyprus Category:Atlas entries in progress fase 9 Category:Gallery pages of Cyprus Category:Atlas galleries of Europe#Cyprus

[1] Romanization according to ISO 843: Kýpros - Kypriakḗ Dēmokratía.

[2] Rom,anization: Leykōsía.

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