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Location: Middle East, island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey
Population: 788,457 (July 2007 est.)
Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, other (includes Maronite and Armenian Apostolic) 4%
Languages: Greek, Turkish, English
National holiday: Independence Day, 1 October (1960); note - Turkish Cypriots celebrate 15 November (1983) as Independence Day
Currency (code): area under government control: Cypriot pound (CYP); euro (EUR) after 1 January 2008
Exchange rates: Cypriot pounds per US dollar: 0.4286 (2007), 0.4586 (2006), 0.4641 (2005), 0.4686 (2004), 0.5174 (2003)
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