General Country Information
Capital: Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Population: 788,457 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines (government area): 420,000 (2002)
Telephone- main lines (Turkish Cypriot area): 86,228 (2002)
Telephone- mobile (government area): 718,800 (2002)
Telephone- mobile (Turkish Cypriot area):143,178 (2002)
Internet hosts: 67,589 (2006)
Internet users: 298,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.57
World Rank 2005/2006: 39
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Cyprus Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (CFOD)
no contact information currently available
Pancyprian Organisation of the Deaf
cyprusdeaf@cytanet.com.cy
Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
no contact information currently available