Cyprus | |||||||||||
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1878–1960 | |||||||||||
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Status |
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Capital | Nicosia | ||||||||||
Official languages | English | ||||||||||
Common languages | Greek • Turkish | ||||||||||
Religion | |||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1878–1901 (first) | Victoria | ||||||||||
• 1952–1960 (last) | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||
• 1878–1879 (first) | Garnet Wolseley[a] | ||||||||||
• 1957–1960 (last) | Hugh Foot | ||||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
4 June 1878 | |||||||||||
• Protectorate established | 12 July 1878 | ||||||||||
• British annexation | 5 November 1914 | ||||||||||
24 July 1923 | |||||||||||
• Crown colony of Cyprus | 1 May 1925 | ||||||||||
15 January 1950 | |||||||||||
1 April 1955 | |||||||||||
19 February 1959 | |||||||||||
16 August 1960 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1924[1] | 9,272 km2 (3,580 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1924[1] | 310,709 | ||||||||||
• 1955[2] | 529,972 | ||||||||||
• 1960[2] | 572,930 | ||||||||||
Currency |
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British Cyprus (Greek: Βρετανική Κύπρος; Turkish: Britanya Kıbrısı) was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as a unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony. Following the London and Zürich Agreements of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960.
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