COUNTRY

Formal Name: Republic of Cyprus.

Short Form: Cyprus.

Term for Nationals: Cypriot(s).

Political Status: Former British colony. ÍÍÍÍAchieved independence August 1960. Since mid-1974, northern 37 percent of island under separate Turkish Cypriot administration. "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"

["TRNC"], proclaimed unilaterally in November 1983, not recognized internationally except by Turkey as of early 1992.

Data as of January 1991