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Official Name of Akrotiri: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area
Government type in Akrotiri: n/a
Capital of Akrotiri: Episkopi
Primary Language in Akrotiri: English, Greek
Currency in Akrotiri: n/a

By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovreignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.

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