Cyprus (cyp)

Cyprus

Cyprus ranks 2,403rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Zhengzhou, and Halifax, West Yorkshire. Memorable people born in Cyprus include Ptolemy XII Auletes, Theodora, and Constantine II, King of Armenia. Memorable people who died in Cyprus include Solon, Saint Spyridon, and John the Merciful. Cyprus has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Cyprus is located in Cyprus.

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, and north of Egypt. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British-controlled military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone. Read more on Wikipedia