Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus ranks 100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Malaysia, Honduras, and Puerto Rico. Memorable people born in present day Cyprus include Theodora, Zeno of Citium, and Ptolemy XII Auletes. Memorable people who died in Cyprus include Solon, Guy of Lusignan, and Saint Spyridon. Cyprus has been the birth place of many politicians, and singers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and Palestine, and north of Egypt. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. Cyprus hosts the British military bases Akrotiri and Dhekelia, whilst the northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is separated from the Republic of Cyprus by the United Nations Buffer Zone. Read more on Wikipedia