
Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Cyprus government-controlled area 875,900 people live in the Republic of Cyprus (in 2018), 326,000 in Northern Cyprus (in 2017) Spoken languages are Greek and Turkish. 5,896 km² (2,276 sq mi) are under the control of the Republic of Cyprus 3,355 km² (1,295 sq mi) are de facto under the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.Ĭyprus has a population of almost 1.2 million people live on the island. The third largest island in the Mediterranean has a land area of 9,251 km². Cyprus is located about 80 km (50 mi) south of the coast of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel, north of the Sinai Peninsula ( Egypt) and east of the island of Crete ( Greece.)

The map shows the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
