



* 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.

