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Cyprus COUNTRY PROFILE
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COUNTRY
Formal Name: Republic of Cyprus.
Short Form: Cyprus.
Term for Nationals: Cypriot(s).
Political Status: Former British colony.
Achieved
independence August 1960. Since mid-1974, northern 37
percent of
island under separate Turkish Cypriot administration.
"Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus" ["TRNC"], proclaimed
unilaterally
in November 1983, not recognized internationally except by
Turkey
as of early 1992.
Data as of January 1991
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