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  Dhekelia - Encyclopedia.com
Dhekelia, Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, or Eastern Sovereign Base Area, British military base (2004 est.
Dhekelia and Akrotiri remained under British sovereignty under the terms of the 1960 treaty that granted Cyprus independence.
the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at the British base in Dhekelia on the island's southeastern coast, died at the scene...
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Dhekelia.html   (861 words)

  
  Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two areas on the island of Cyprus that comprise the Sovereign Base Areas Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
The laws of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are kept, as far as possible, the same as the laws of Cyprus.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 98 square miles (47.5 at Akrotiri and 50.5 at Dhekelia).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dhekelia   (1430 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Some 10,000 British troops are permanently stationed at the Dhekelia base north of the coastal city of Larnaca, and at Akrotiri close to the port of Limassol.
These are the Western SBA, encompassing RAF Akrotiri and the Episkopi Support unit, and the Eastern SBA comprising the Dhekelia Garrison, the Ayios Nikolaos Station and their link road.
Sports-mad Robert was on a scuba training course near Dhekelia when his 26ft inflatable was hit head-on by another army craft...
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Akrotiri+and+Dhekelia   (959 words)

  
 Introduction To Dhekelia
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www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/dhekelia_country_introduction.shtml   (239 words)

  
 British Forces Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British Forces Cyprus is the name given to the British armed forces stationed in the UK sovereign base areas of Dhekelia and Akrotiri on the island of Cyprus.
The United Kingdom retains a military presence on the island in order to keep a strategic location at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, for use as a staging point for forces sent to locations in the Middle East and Asia.
Resident infantry battalions - two light role infantry battalions, one at Dhekelia and one at Episkopi, are permanently based on the island; the battalions are usually rotated every two years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Forces_Cyprus   (380 words)

  
 Dhekelia British Sovereign Base, Cyprus
Dhekelia is a British Sovereign Base east of Larnaca town.
The base also has a golf course, which can be accessed through arrangements with the Dhekelia Golf Club.
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by international laws.
www.planetware.com /cyprus/dhekelia-british-sovereign-base-cy-la-dhek.htm   (189 words)

  
 ANNEX A   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area anal the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area shall comprise the two areas which are approximately indicated in red on Map A and Map B attached to this Annex.
The maps, air photographs and descriptions in Schedules A and B to this Annex shall be interpreted in accordance with the Introductory Notes to those Schedules.
The boundaries of the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area and of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area provided for in Section 1 of this Annex shall be marked clearly and effectively on the ground by a boundary Commission composed of representatives appointed by the United Kingdom and by the Republic of Cyprus.
www.kypros.org /Constitution/English/annex_a.html   (699 words)

  
 Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas - British Overseas Territories
Akrotiri is surrounded by the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, but Dhekelia also borders on the UN buffer zone and the territory controlled by the Turkish occupied part of the island.
The villages of Xylotimbou and Ormidhia, are enclaves surrounded by Dhekelia SBA, and are part of the Republic of Cyprus and subject to Cypriot law.
The British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia comprise those parts of Cyprus which stayed under British jurisdiction and remained British sovereign territory when the 1960 Treaty of Establishment created the independent Republic of Cyprus.
www.britlink.org /cyprus.htm   (848 words)

  
 BMH DHEKELIA - Find Friends from BMH DHEKELIA at Forces Reunited
Edmund Billington was at BMH Dhekelia between 1958 and 1960
Pam Marshall was at BMH Dhekelia between 1962 and 1966
Frank Taylor was at BMH Dhekelia between 1962 and 1983
www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/ArmyNames/BMH-Dhekelia.html   (339 words)

  
 Defence Internet | Defence For... | Cyprus - Dhekelia HIVE
Dhekelia Garrison is situated within the Eastern Sovereign Base Area, one of two British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, enshrined in the Treaty of Establishment between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Cyprus in 1960.
Dhekelia itself is on the Northern shore of the wide sweeping Larnaca Bay and is situated some 15 km North East of the important coastal town of Larnaca and 20 km West of Ayia Napa, the premier tourist resort for the club music scene in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Dhekelia Cantonment has many excellent sporting and recreational facilities, with the emphasis, as you would expect, being very much on water sports.
www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/ServiceCommunity/Hive/Overseas/CyprusDhekeliaHive.htm   (295 words)

  
 Page 7 of Cyprus larnaca property for sale,cyprus property for sale in larnaca
Located in the Dhekelia Road, north of Larnaca at Larnaca Bay, 5 minutes drive to the center of town, right on the beach, close to dining, entertaining and all other amenities of the tourist area.
Located in the Dhekelia road, north of Larnaca, 7 minutes drive to the centre of the town and 600 metres from the sea, close to dining, entertaining and all other amenities of the tourist area.
Located in the Dhekelia Road, north of Larnaca, 7 minutes drive to the center of town and 90 meters from the sea, close to dining, entertaining and all other amenities of the tourist area.
www.cyprusprop.com /larnaca/houses/larnaca_houses7.shtml   (4493 words)

  
 All Empires History Forum: Dhekelia, Akrotiri and the British Military base
The larger of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
All international rights and benefits heretofore enjoyed by the United Kingdom by virtue of their application to the relinquished areas shall henceforth be enjoyed by the United Cyprus Republic.
Seeing noone really found of any interest in the fact that the lands on which we find two military bases are attempted to be given to the UK of any interest, I though some more info on Echelon might..
www.allempires.com /Forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6582&PN=1   (2580 words)

  
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According to three separate sources, Harry, 21, who arrived in Cyprus early on Saturday morning, is developing his scuba-diving skills after taking a basic army course in the sport in the UK last July.
A media ops officer at Dhekelia said yesterday he could not “confirm or deny” that Harry was on the eastern sovereign base, but it is an open secret among staff that the prince is there on a “private recreational visit”.
British officials attempted to throw the media off the scent by ‘leaking’ that Harry was at the Anassa, but by late Sunday it became apparent he was not at the exclusive hotel north of Paphos.
www.cyprus-mail.com /news/main.php?id=23432&cat_id=1   (494 words)

  
 Cyprus
The two Cypriot villages of Ormidhia and Xylotimbou are each surrounded by territory that belongs to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia.
There is also a third Cypriot territory in the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia, the Dhekelia Power Station, which is divided by a British road into two parts.
The northern part of Dhekelia Power Station is divided by a British road from the southern Power Station part which is surrounded by British land and territorial waters and is therefore also an enclave.
geosite.jankrogh.com /cyprus.htm   (96 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Dhekelia
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, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact2006/geos/dx.html   (310 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Dhekelia
By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovreignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
The larger of these of these is the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area.
Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia.
www.texaseducator.com /almanac/print/dx.html   (247 words)

  
 DHEKELIA SAILING CLUB
Membership of the Dhekelia Sailing Club, Cyprus, is open to all military personnel and UK based civilian staff attached to the sovereign base areas of Cyprus ("Entitled personnel"), and their dependants.
New members are required to pay 6 months subs on joining and where joining part way through a membership period, the first renewal sub will be adjusted accordingly.
Cheques can be given in person to either the Membership Secretary (Steve Kimberley) or the Bo'sun (Colin Leigh), or left in a sealed envelope in the committee room at the club.
www.sailblogs.com /member/dsc   (446 words)

  
 The Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Order 1991
In subsection (1) the words "the United Kingdom" shall, when they are used the first time, be deleted and the words "the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia" shall be substituted.
In subsection (2) the word "enactments" shall be deleted and the word "ordinances" shall be substituted.
In subsections (3) and (5) the words "the United Kingdom" shall be deleted and the words "the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia" shall be substituted.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1991/Uksi_19912290_en_2.htm   (250 words)

  
 The Pyla Koutsopetria Archaeological Site
The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project (PKAP) is a diachronic, intensive archaeological investigation of a 5 sq km area on the southern coast of Cyprus.
The area under investigation stretches from the eastern outskirts of the city of Larnaca to the western limits of the British base at Dhekelia.
The overall aim of the project is to determine the relationship between the material culture of this stretch of coastline and other coastal sites on the island, inland sites in the vicinity of Larnaca, and the Eastern Mediterranean more generally.
www.chss.iup.edu /pkap/pkapsite.htm   (87 words)

  
 Cyprus property for sale: Dhekelia residential area, Larnaca
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Situated opposite the beach on the Dhekelia road.
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www.cyprus-property-info.com /larnaca_dhekelia_3_bedroom_pool_sale.php   (235 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Refugees wait in UK Cyprus base
They are just a small part of a migration that is carrying thousands of Middle Eastern and African illegal aliens to the promised land of Europe every year.
In the case of the Dhekelia squatters, most came from Iraq, fleeing Saddam Hussein's brutal crackdown on Kurds.
Their numbers were boosted by a group of non-Kurdish Iraqis who crossed over from the Turkish-occupied half of Cyprus, apparently believing that sneaking on to a base was a shortcut to British citizenship.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/1734839.stm   (656 words)

  
 The Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Order 1991
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This Order may be cited as the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) (Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the date on which the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe signed in Paris on 19th November 1990
The provisions of sections 1 to 5 of the Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 1991 shall extend to the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (that is to say, the areas mentioned in section 2(1) of the Cyprus Act 1960
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1991/Uksi_19912290_en_1.htm   (592 words)

  
 Akrotiri e Dhekelia - Wikitravel
Europa : Europa mediterranea : Cipro : Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Akrotiri e Dhekelia (in greco Aκρωτήρι e Δεκέλεια) sono due territori dell'isola di Cipro, occupati da basi militari della Gran Bretagna.
Quest'articolo è uno stub e ha bisogno del tuo aiuto.
www.wikitravel.org /it/Akrotiri_e_Dhekelia   (91 words)

  
 Hashing in Cyprus
Dhekelia H3 was founded in January 1967, just beating Sydney to it as the first hash outside Malaysia/Singapore.
Dhekelia do have on of the oldest/most continuously running hashers with them in the person of Gero Choporian, a Armenian t-shirt maker who has run with the hash pretty well from its inception.
Contact Paul Illingworth on 04-724061 or e-mail him at aynick@spidernet.com.cy Normally run in the Dhekelia base area to the east of Larnaca.
www.btinternet.com /~jjackson/cyprus.html   (905 words)

  
 Dhekelia Factbook
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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 in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Dhekelia.
www.geography-site.co.uk /pages/countries/atlas/dhekelia.html   (334 words)

  
 I Am Dhekelia Woman Will You Marry Me ?
To be nobody but you in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you every body else means: To fight the hardest battle, which any Scorpio man can fight and never stop fighting.
I guess I am using Vahlen, because when I was called Vahlen, it probably was the happiest time in my life.
Please note that the WE part of the family code is not negotiable.
www.onecer.net /joyjourney/women-want-to-know-faq/i-am-dhekelia-woman-will-you-marry-me.html   (1644 words)

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