British Cyprus
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This article is about the British colony covering the whole of Cyprus until 1960. For the British Overseas Territory currently on the island of Cyprus, see Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
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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Cyprus | |||||||||||
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1878–1960 | |||||||||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
• 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 | ||||||||||
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