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| 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: 9,250 sq km (of which 3,355 sq km are in the turkish cypriot area) water: 10 sq km land: 9,240 sq km |
| Area comparative | about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut |
| Land boundaries | 0 km |
| Coastline | 648 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 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: 7.79% permanent crops: 4.44% other: 87.77% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 382 sq km (2001 est.) |
| 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, 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 signed, but not ratified: air pollution-persistent organic pollutants |
| Geography note | the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia) |
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