User:Seric2/British Cyprus
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Crown Colony of Cyprus (after 1925) | |||||||||
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1925–1960 | |||||||||
Status | British Protectorate (1878–1925) British Crown Colony (1925–1960) | ||||||||
Capital | Nicosia | ||||||||
Common languages | English[1] Greek Turkish | ||||||||
Religion | Christianity Islam | ||||||||
Government | British Protectorate (1878–1925) British Crown Colony (1925–1960) | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1827 – 1916 | Lord John Hay (First) | ||||||||
• 1957 - 1960 | Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot (Last) | ||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||
• 1878 – 1901 | Queen Victoria (First) | ||||||||
• 1952 – 1960 | Elizabeth II (Last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
1878 | |||||||||
• Established | 1925 | ||||||||
• Independent as the Republic of Cyprus | 16 August 1960 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1881 | 9,251 km2 (3,572 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1881 | 186,173 | ||||||||
• 1921 | 310,715 | ||||||||
• 1960 | 573,566 | ||||||||
Currency | Cypriot pound (since 1879) | ||||||||
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Today part of | Cyprus Akrotiri and Dhekelia Northern Cyprus |
British Cyprus was a British Protectorate which then established as a crown colony that existed in Cyprus from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus first became a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. On 16 August 1960, Cyprus attained independence after the Zürich and London Agreement between the United Kingdom, Greece and Turkey. The UK retained the two Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia