CYPRUS CYPRUS REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE AUGUST 16 1960 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 16 1960 MAY 5 1985 FOR TURKISH CYPRIOT AREA POPULATION 754064 1999 EST AREA 3572 SQ MI CAPITAL NICOSIA TURKISH CYPRIOT CAPITAL IS LEFKOSA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES TEXTILES FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTION CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE POTATOES VEGETABLES GRAINS CITRUS FRUITS NATURAL RESOURCES PYRITES ASBESTOS COPPER GYPSUM MARBLE CURRENCY POUND GDP 10 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 13000 1998 EST LANGUAGES GREEK OFFICIAL TURKISH OFFICIAL ENGLISH RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN GREEK ORTHODOX MUSLIM LITERACY RATE 94 LIFE EXPECTANCY 75 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 14 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
