Capital: Nicosia
Official languages: Greek -English
Currency: Euro
The Republic of Cyprus, is an island country located south of the
Anatolian Peninsula 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.
