The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      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

      Languages:

      English, Greek

      Government

       Akrotiri

      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

      Economy

       Akrotiri

      Economy - overview:

      Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.

      Currency (code):

      euro (EUR) adopted 1 January 2008; note - the Cypriot pound (CYP) formerly used

      Exchange rates:

      euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.4286 (2007), 0.46019 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003)

      Communications

       Akrotiri

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM NA, FM 1, shortwave NA (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides Radio 1 and Radio 2 service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)

      Television broadcast stations:

      0 (British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides multi-channel satellite service to Akrotiri, Dhekelia, and Nicosia) (2006)

      Military

       Akrotiri

      Military - note:

      Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on

       Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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      @Albania

      Introduction

       Albania

      Background:

      Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. Communist partisans took over the country in 1944. Albania allied itself first with the USSR (until 1960), and then with China (to 1978). In the early 1990s, Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven challenging as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated physical infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks, and combative political opponents. Albania has made progress in its democratic development since first holding multiparty elections in 1991, but deficiencies remain. International observers judged elections to be largely free and fair since the restoration of political stability following the collapse of pyramid schemes in 1997. In the 2005 general elections, the Democratic Party and its allies won a decisive victory on pledges of reducing crime and corruption, promoting economic growth, and decreasing the size of government. The election, and particularly the orderly transition of power, was considered an important step forward. Although Albania's economy continues to grow, the country is still one of the poorest in Europe, hampered by a large informal economy and an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure. Albania has played a largely helpful role in managing inter-ethnic tensions in southeastern Europe, and is continuing to work toward joining NATO and the EU. Albania, with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been a strong supporter of the global war on terrorism.

      Geography

       Albania

      Location:

      Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north

      Geographic coordinates:

      41 00 N, 20 00 E

      Map references:

      Europe

      Area:

      total: 28,748 sq km land: 27,398 sq km water: 1,350 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly smaller than Maryland

      Land boundaries:

      total: 717 km border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Kosovo 112 km

      Coastline:

      362 km

      Maritime claims:

      territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

      Climate:

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