Cyprus

Cyprus a small and cute country located in the Mediterranean Sea. It is known to be the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, having area of 9,251 square kilometres (3,572 square miles). The latitude of Cyprus is 34° 33'-35° 34' North, and its longitude 32° 16'-34° 37' East. Syria, south of turkey and Egypt are the nearest country from the Cyprus. The population of Cyprus is 788,457 (according to CIA world fact book, 2007). Among them 76.8% are greek Cypriots and 10.3% are Turkish Cypriot, which as 12.9 % are foreign residents. Official language in Cyprus is Greek and Turkish, but English is also spoken widely and understood and used in commerce and government. Nicosia is the capital city of Cyprus and has a population of 189,000. Except the Nicosia, the major cities of Cyprus lie in the coast. Limassol is the second largest city and biggest coast of island. Larnaca and pafos are other biggest cities respectively.
In July 1974, Turkey invaded the Cyprus and occupied the 37% of the island. Later on UN helped them and UN even condemned invasion of Cyprus and traced for the missing persons and called for respect of human rights of all Cypriots.

Tourism is the major source of economy of the Cyprus. Around 600,000 tourist visit in Cyprus in the year and most of them visit here in the summer time. Other source of economy of Cyprus is being a port for other countries. As Cyprus is in between of asia and Europe, it’s the major port. In Cyprus, Cypriot pound is used as the currency and from 2008, Euro is going to be launched and used all over.

Cypriots of proud of their culture which stretches back more than 9000 years.

In general, Cyprus is the small island with very little population and great diversity. Strong source of income are tourists and most of tourist visits in summer time. Lots of beaches are of major attractive point for the tourist. Sun, sex, and sea are the major attraction of Cyprus.