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Akrotiri and Dhekelia

• Sovereign Base Areas Overseas Territory
• possession of the United Kingdom

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

Flag

Flagge of the United Kingdom,
ratio – ratio = 1:2,
Source, by: Wikipedia (EN)





unofficial flag of Akrotiri and Dhekelia,
Source, by: Flags of the World

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

Akrothiri and Dhekelia do not have their own flag. There are in use the flags of Great Britain. An alleged unofficial flag shows a green bunting with two golden leopards. This should be, the colours of a former British unit in Dhekelia.

Source: Flags of the World

Map

Location:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of Cyprus:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of Akrotiri:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Map of Dhekelia:

Source: CIA World Factbook

Numbers and Facts

Area: 98 square miles

Inhabitants: 15.700 (2011)

Density of Population: 157 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Episkopi Cantonment

official Language: English

other Languages: Greek

Currency: 1 Euro (EUR, €) = 100 Cent

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

History: 19th of February 1959 · Cyprus Treaty between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey, Akrothiri and Dhekelia become excorporated from Cyprus as British territories

Source: Wikipedia (EN)