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Cyprus (/ˈsaɪprəs/ (listen)), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country located in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is geographically in Western Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeastern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a claim not recognised by the international community.

The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two distinct waves in the 2nd millennium BC. These waves of Greek settlement left a lasting impact on the island's culture, language, and architecture. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. As a strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus was occupied by several ancient powers. The island was successively ruled by the Assyrian, Egyptian, and Persian empires before Alexander the Great seized it in 333 BC. Subsequently, Cyprus was included in the Ptolemaic Kingdom before becoming a part of the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire. During part of this period, Arab caliphates briefly held joint control of the island along with the Romans. The thousand year long Roman presence on Cyprus was brought to an end during the Third Crusade, after which the French Lusignan dynasty took control of the island. Then followed rule by the Venetians, from which Cyprus was subsequently conquered by the Ottomans in 1571.

Cyprus was placed under the United Kingdom's administration based on the Cyprus Convention in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914. During British rule, the future of Cyprus became a matter of disagreement between the island's inhabitants; with the Greek Cypriot majority, which consisted of 77% of the total population, pursuing union with Greece (Enosis), while the Turkish Cypriot minority (18%) initially favoured British rule and later the partition of Cyprus. (Full article...)

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The Kyrenia Mountains

The Kyrenia Mountains (Greek: Κερύνειο Όρος; Turkish: Girne Dağları) is a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately 160 km (100 mi) along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus. It is primarily made of hard crystalline limestone, with some marble. Its highest peak is Mount Selvili, at 1,024 m (3,360 ft). Pentadaktylos (also spelt Pentadactylos; Greek: Πενταδάκτυλος; Turkish: Beşparmak) is another name for the Kyrenia Mountains, though Britannica refers to Pentadaktylos as the "western portion" of the latter, or the part west of Melounta. Pentadaktylos (lit. "five-fingered") is so-named after one of its most distinguishing features, a peak that resembles five fingers.

The Kyrenian mountains are named after the Kyrenian mountains in Achaia, Greece, which are well known from mythology because of the connection with one of the 12 labours of Hercules, the capture of the Kerynitis deer that lived there. This sacred deer of Artemis with golden horns and bronze legs ran so fast that no one could reach it. Hercules, however, after pursuing it for a whole year, managed to catch it and transport it alive to Mycenae. (Full article...)

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Image 1Faneromeni School is the oldest all-girl primary school in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)
Image 2Presidential Palace, Nicosia (from Cyprus)
Image 3Population growth, 1961–2003 (numbers for the entire island, excluding Turkish settlers residing in Northern Cyprus). (from Cyprus)
Image 4Foreign Ministers of the European Union countries in Limassol during Cyprus Presidency of the EU in 2012 (from Cyprus)
Image 5Typical Cypriot architecture in old part of Nicosia, Cyprus (from Cyprus)
Image 6Central Bank of Cyprus (from Cyprus)
Image 7A British soldier facing a crowd of Greek Cypriot demonstrators in Nicosia (1956) (from Cyprus)
Image 8Opening of Ledra Street in April 2008 (from Cyprus problem)
Image 9Supreme Court of Justice (from Cyprus)
Image 10Cyprus in 1482 (from History of Cyprus)
Image 11Atatürk Square, North Nicosia in 2006 (from Cyprus problem)
Image 12Ayia Paraskevi Byzantine church in Yeroskipou. (from History of Cyprus)
Image 13A map showing the division of Cyprus (from Cyprus)
Image 14Cyprus taken from space by the International Space Station in 2021 (from Cyprus)
Image 15Cypriot Halloumi (from Cyprus)
Image 162010 population by age and gender (from Cyprus)
Image 17"TAKSİM" (division) graffiti on a wall in Nicosia in the late 1950s (from Cyprus problem)
Image 18Greek Cypriot demonstrations for Enosis (union with Greece) in 1930 (from Cyprus)
Image 19Cypri insvla nova descript 1573, Ioannes á Deutecum f[ecit]. Map of Cyprus newly drawn by Johannes van Deutecom, 1573. (from Cyprus)
Image 20The "Green Line" in Nicosia, Cyprus. (from Cyprus problem)
Image 21A copper mine in Cyprus. In antiquity, Cyprus was a major source of copper. (from Cyprus)
Image 22Büyük Han, a caravanserai in Nicosia, is an example of the surviving Ottoman architecture in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)
Image 23Limassol General Hospital (from Cyprus)
Image 24Statue of Liberty symbolising the independence of Cyprus. (from History of Cyprus)
Image 25Cypriot cult image. 'Red Polished Ware', 2100–2000 BC. Museum zu Allerheiligen (from History of Cyprus)
Image 26Proposed flag of the United Republic of Cyprus (from Cyprus problem)
Image 27Archaeological site of Khirokitia with early remains of human habitation during the Aceramic Neolithic period (reconstruction) (from Cyprus)
Image 28Base ring vessel of Late Bronze Age (from History of Cyprus)
Image 29Hoisting the British flag at Nicosia (from Cyprus)
Image 30Cypriot demonstrations for Enosis (Union) with Greece. (from History of Cyprus)
Image 31A proportional representation of Cyprus's exports, 2019 (from Cyprus)
Image 32Ioannis Kigalas (c. 1622–1687) was a Nicosia born Greek Cypriot scholar and professor of Philosophy who was largely active in the 17th century. (from Cyprus)
Image 33Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, consecrated in 1328, the largest medieval building in Famagusta, where the Kings of Cyprus were crowned also as Kings of Jerusalem. In 1571 having fallen to the Ottoman Empire it became the Mosque of Mağusa, and remains a mosque today (from History of Cyprus)
Image 34Kouris Dam overflow in April 2012 (from Cyprus)
Image 35Welcoming ceremony of the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev by the soldiers of the Cypriot National Guard. (from Cyprus)
Image 36Sea caves at Cape Greco (from Cyprus)
Image 37Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan was the creator of the Annan plan. (from Cyprus problem)
Image 38Ethnic map of Cyprus according to the 1960 census (from Cyprus)
Image 39Ottoman admiral, geographer and cartographer Piri Reis' historical map of Cyprus (from Cyprus problem)
Image 40Zeus Keraunios, 500-480 BC, Nicosia museum (from History of Cyprus)
Image 41Zeno of Citium, founder of the Stoic school of philosophy (from Cyprus)
Image 42Laouto, dominant instrument of the Cypriot traditional music (from Cyprus)
Image 43The north–south checkpoint has been open since 2003 (from Cyprus problem)
Image 44The Walls of Nicosia were built by the Venetians to defend the city in case of an Ottoman attack. (from Cyprus)
Image 45Zeus Keraunios, 500–480 BC, Nicosia museum (from Cyprus)
Image 46Cypriot style café in an arcade in Nicosia (from Cyprus)
Image 47Red-polished ceramics from Enkomi, 1900–1725 BC. St. Barnabas Archaeological Museum, Salamis, Cyprus (from History of Cyprus)
Image 48Khirokitia archeological site. (from History of Cyprus)
Image 49Cyprus is part of a monetary union, the eurozone (dark blue) and of the EU single market. (from Cyprus)
Image 50
  Under the control of the Republic of Cyprus
  The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  Turkey
  Greece
(from Cyprus problem)
Image 51Dhekelia Power Station (from Cyprus)
Image 52Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus since February 2023 (from Cyprus)
Image 53The Armenian Alphabet at the Melkonian Educational Institute. Armenian is recognised as a minority language in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)
Image 54Varosha (Maraş), a suburb of Famagusta, was abandoned when its inhabitants fled in 1974 and remains under Turkish military control. (from Cyprus)
Image 55Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre in Limassol (from Cyprus)
Image 56Kyrenia Castle was originally built by the Byzantines and enlarged by the Venetians. (from Cyprus)
Image 57The Troodos Mountains experience heavy snowfall in winter. (from Cyprus)
Image 58Cypriot meze (from Cyprus)
Image 59The entrance of the historic Pancyprian Gymnasium (from Cyprus)
Image 60Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis and the Turkish Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Feridun Sinirlioğlu, in Ankara, within the scope of the 2014 Cyprus talks (from Cyprus problem)
Image 61A Greek Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of Enosis (union) with Greece (from Cyprus problem)

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