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Country name: |
conventional long form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Akrotiri |
Dependency status: |
a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus |
Capital: |
name: Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia) 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 |
Constitution: |
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document |
Legal system: |
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 |
Executive branch: |
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 |
Diplomatic representation in the US: |
none (overseas territory of the UK) |
Diplomatic representation from the US: |
none (overseas territory of the UK) |
Flag description: |
the flag of the UK is used |
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