|
Geographics
| Location |
Mediterranean |
| Capital |
Nicosia |
| Type
of Government |
Republic |
| Total
Area |
9,250
sq. km |
| Coastline |
648
km |
Economy
| GDP |
$8.7
billion (1995) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
$13,969
(1995) |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (potatoes,
vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, citrus fruits) |
6% |
| -
Industry (food, beverages,
clothing, footwear, pharmaceuticals, non metallic mineral products,
wood and metal products) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (tourism) |
n/a
%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations
13 East 40th Street
New York, N.Y. 10016
Telephone: 481-6023; Telefax: 685-7316, 779-0244, 689-5716 |
| Contact
in Cyprus: |
| n/a |
|
Demographics
| Population |
736,636 |
| Population
Growth |
0.88% |
| Labor
Force |
303,100 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
77.5
years |
| Literacy |
94% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$1.4
million (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| citrus,
potatoes, grapes, wine, cement, clothing, footwear, pharmaceuticals,
dairy products |
| Partners: |
| Russia
(18%), Bulgaria (15%), UK (10%), Greece (6%), Germany (4%) |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$3.6
billion (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| consumer
goods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed grains, machinery |
| Partners: |
| UK
(11%), Italy (9%), Germany (7%), US (7%), Greece (7%), Japan
(6%) |
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