Area: 9 251 km²
Population: 730 400 (Republic of Cyprus)
Capital city: Nicosia
Currency: 1 Cyprus pound = 100 cents, 1 euro = 0.578 Cyprus pounds (CYP) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 1 October
EU-membership: 1 May 2004

Head of State: President Tassos Papadopoulos
Head of Government: President Tassos Papadopoulos
Foreign Minister: George Lillikas
Government: Coalition: Democratic Party DIKO (centre-right, 9 seats)
AKEL (communist, 20 seats)
EDEK (socialist, 4 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral parliament: 80 seats (56 Greek-Cypriot deputies, 24 seats vacant for Turkish-Cypriot deputies)

GDP: € 12.63 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 13 431 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 3.8% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.cyprus.gov.cy
Head of Government: http://www.cyprus.gov.cy
Foreign Minister: http://www.mfa.gov.cy
Parliament: http://www.parliament.cy

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