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ID: 7593934
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7593934
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dhekelia (overseas territory)  Dhekelia (overseas territory)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 033 46 30 E  degrees minutes   Long: 33.7750  decimal degrees

Note: An overseas territory of the United Kingdom. By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers - Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area

Names:
Dhekelia (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area (C,V)
Eastern Sovereign Base Area (C,V)
DX (C,V,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cyprus (nation)  ........  Cyprus (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhekelia (overseas territory)  ............  Dhekelia (overseas territory) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (overseas territory)  ........  Akrotiri and Dhekelia (overseas territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhekelia (overseas territory)  ............  Dhekelia (overseas territory) (P)

Place Types:
overseas territory (preferred, C)
dependent political entity (C)
primary political unit (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dhekelia..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 20 Jul 2023, https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dhekelia/
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 June 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area..........  [VP]
...............................................  CIA, World Fact Book (2006-)
DX..........  [VP]
...........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Eastern Sovereign Base Area..........  [VP]
...............................................  CIA, World Fact Book (2006-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 June 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 11062222
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 24 April 2015

 

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