The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service; women eligible to volunteer for military service (2004)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,235,947

      females age 16–49: 1,221,386 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,013,814

      females age 16–49: 1,001,411 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 37,831

      female: 35,930 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      1.3% of GDP (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 114

      Transnational Issues ::Denmark

      Disputes - international:

      Iceland, the UK, and Ireland dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe

       Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm; Faroese continue

       to study proposals for full independence; sovereignty dispute with

       Canada over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere

       Island and Greenland

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      @Dhekelia (Europe)

      Introduction ::Dhekelia

      Background:

      By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.

      Geography ::Dhekelia

      Location:

      Eastern Mediterranean, on the southeast coast of Cyprus near

       Famagusta

      Geographic coordinates:

      34 59 N, 33 45 E

      Map references:

      Europe

      Area:

      total: 130.8 sq km country comparison to the world: 222 note: area surrounds three Cypriot enclaves

      Area - comparative:

      about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries:

      total: 103 km (approximately)

      border countries: Cyprus 103 km (approximately)

      Coastline:

      27.5 km

      Climate:

      temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

      Environment - current issues:

      netting and trapping of small migrant songbirds in the spring and autumn

      Geography - note:

      British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land

      People ::Dhekelia

      Population:

      approximately 15,700 live on the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia including 7,700 Cypriots, 3,600 service and UK based contract personnel, and 4,400 dependents country comparison to the world: 220

      Languages:

      English, Greek

      Government ::Dhekelia

      Country name:

      conventional long form: none

      conventional short form: Dhekelia

      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); located in Akrotiri

      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 Major General Jamie GORDON (since October 2008); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense

      elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; the administrator 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

      National anthem:

      note: as a United Kingdom area of special sovereignty,"God Save the Queen" is official (see United Kingdom)

      Economy ::Dhekelia

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