Facts about cyprus

    * Since Cyprus is a Commonwealth Republic, every four years it sends a team of its athletes to the Commonwealth games.
    * In the whole of Mediterranean Sea, it is the third largest island.
    * Cyprus has a population of 788,457 people, according to the 2007 census.

    * Cyprus uses Euro as its currency, which is the currency of more than 300 million people throughout the continent.
    * Cyprus is sometimes spelled as Kipros, Kypros, and other such variations.

    * The national anthem of Cyprus is called 'Hymm', which is incidentally the national anthem of Greece as well.
    * Aphrodite, the most famous mythical God is said to have born in Cyprus. He is the Greek God of love and beauty.
    * United Kingdom still has control over 3% of the island of the Mediterranean.
    * The weather of Cyprus is mild. It has a Mediterranean sort of climate, with an abundance of sunshine even during the winter months, with very little rainfall.
    * Nicosia is the capital city of Cyprus. It is divided by "The Green Line" into two parts.