Cyprus (Kypriakí Dimokratía - Kibris Cumhuriyeti) is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea with 9,251 square kilometres area, and also the easternmost island in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is approximately 105 km west of Syria, 75 km south of Turkey and 380 km north of Egypt.

Prominent geographic features include the Troodos massif (1,953 metres) that occupies most of the southwestern part of the country, the Pentadautylos range (Mount Kyréneia or Pentadáutylos 1,023 metres) in the north around Kyrenia and the Messaoria Plain in between them. It is here that the capital city, Nicosia, is located. Between the cities beyond to capital city of Nicosia, situated in the center of the island and today divided in two sectors Greek, to south, and Turk, to north; there are Famagosta, situated in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Limassól and Lárnaca, both in the Greek part of the island.  The elongated Karpasia Peninsula occupies the northeastern part of Cyprus, while the southeastern point terminates in Cape Greco. Pafos and the Akamas Peninsula are on the far western edge. Beginning from 1983 in the northern part of the island (occupied from Turkey since 1974) have been proclaimed the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,355 kmq, 190,000 inhabitants), only recognized from Turkey. The southern part, Greek-Cypriot of Cyprus, is part of the European Union. There are still in course negotiations in order to resolve the problem of the division of the island.