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Episkopi Cantonment (Greek: Φρουρά Επισκοπής, Turkish: Episkopi Kantonu) is the capital of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British overseas territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a military base. It is located in the northwestern part of the Western Sovereign Base Area (Akrotiri), one of the two areas which comprise the ...
Episkopi is the current location of Headquarters British Forces Cyprus. Commander British Forces Cyprus (CBF) and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas is a two-star appointment, alternating every three years between a British Army major-general and a Royal Air Force air vice-marshal.
Map of Akrotiri, Western Sovereign Base Area, BFPO 57 Map of Dhekelia, Eastern Sovereign Base Area, BFPOs 58 & 59. Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km 2 (98 sq mi) (split 123 km 2 (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km (30 ...
Episkopi (Greek: Επισκοπή, Turkish: Piskobu) is a village lying partly in the Limassol district of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is approximately 14 km (9 mi) west of Limassol and 40 km (25 mi) east of Paphos .
Cyprus Joint Police Unit, at Episkopi Cantonment [47] Joint Services Health Unit, at RAF Akrotiri [48] No. 84 Squadron RAF, at RAF Akrotiri [49] (Search and Rescue) Roulement Infantry Battalion; Roulement Infantry Battalion; Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop, at Episkopi Cantonment [50] Sovereign Base Areas Police, HQ at Episkopi Cantonment [51]
HM Revenue & Customs SBA Customs vehicle. Sovereign Base Areas Customs and Immigration is a semi-autonomous branch of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) of the United Kingdom. It has jurisdiction over Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a Sovereign Base Area, and home to British Forces Cyprus.
Dhekelia Cantonment (Greek: Φρουρά Δεκέλειας, Turkish: Dikelya Kantonu), also simply named Dhekelia, is a military base in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as the Sovereign Base Areas.
It is a former village (Ayios Nikolaos, SBA) connected by a road to the main area of the Dhekelia Garrison. The Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) (JSSU(Cyp)), formerly 9th Signal Regiment and the Royal Air Force 's 33 Signals Unit, is based at Ayios Nikolaos.