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Area > Comparative to US places about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Note includes a salt lake and wetlands
Area > Total	123 sq km		[228th of 250]
Climate temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline	56.3 km		[194th of 271]
Geographic coordinates	34 37 N, 32 58 E
Geography > Note British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land
Land boundaries > Border countries	Cyprus 47.4 km
Land boundaries > Total	47.4 km		[157th of 166]
Location Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
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