General Country Information
Capital: Nicosia (Lefkosia)
Population: 1,102,677 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines (government area): 413,300 (2008)
Telephone - main lines (Turkish Cypriot area): 86,228 (2002)
Telephone - mobile (government area): 1.017 million (2009)
Telephone - mobile (Turkish Cypriot area): 143,178 (2002)
Internet hosts: 185,451 (2009)
Internet users: 334,400 (2008)
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.
National Disability Action Plan
Council of Europe Disability Action Plan (2006–2015)
http://www.coe.int/t/e/social_cohesion/soc-sp/Rec_2006_5%20Disability%20Action%20Plan.pdf
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Cyprus Deaf Sports Federation
P.O. Box 27880
Nicosia, 2406
Cyprus
http://cyprussports.org/uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57
Cyprus Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (CFOD)
P.O. Box 308
Nicosia
Cyprus
Email: ccod-kysoa@cytanet.com.cy
Tel: +357-2-753-863
Fax: +357-2-753-020
Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
P.O. Box 23511
Nicosia 1684
Cyprus
Email: pot@logos.cy.net
Tel: +357-281-3383 / +357-99657467
Fax: +357-249-5395