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Capital city Episkopi Cantonment (base administrative center for Akrotiri and Dhekelia)
Capital city > Daylight saving time +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Definition: Government > Capital city > Daylight saving time
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city > Geographic coordinates	34 40 N, 32 51 E
Definition: Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city > Name Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
Definition: Government > Capital city > Name
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city > Time difference UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Definition: Government > Capital city > Time difference
Source: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
Constitution Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Order in Council 1960, effective 16 August 1960, functions as a basic legal document
Definition: Government > Constitution
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Dependency status a special form of UK overseas territory; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Definition: Government > Dependency status
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation from the US none (overseas territory of the UK)
Definition: Government > Diplomatic representation from the US
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US none (overseas territory of the UK)
Definition: Government > Diplomatic representation in the US
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Chief of state Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Definition: Government > Executive branch > Chief of state
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Elections none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
Definition: Government > Executive branch > Elections
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Executive branch > Head of government Administrator Air Vice-Marshal Richard LACEY (since 26 April 2006); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defense
Definition: Government > Executive branch > Head of government
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Flag description the flag of the UK is used
Definition: Government > Flag description
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Legal system the Sovereign Base Area Administration has its own court system to deal with civil and criminal matters; laws applicable to the Cypriot population are, as far as possible, the same as the laws of the Republic of Cyprus
Definition: Government > Legal system
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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