# Northern Cyprus — national dossier Northern Cyprus — country profile: capital, population, area, languages and currency, with an honest account of which statistical series exist and which… Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/CYN Updated: — (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year) ## Overview - Official name: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Capital: — - Region: Western Asia, Asia - Population: 265,000 - Area: — - Languages: — - Currency: — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from. History: "A de facto Turkish-Cypriot state in the north of a divided island, proclaimed in 1983 and recognised only by Turkey, while the United Nations and the wider world regard the territory as part of the Republic of Cyprus under Turkish occupation." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/CYN/chronicle.md (6 eras, 25 events). Citation template: Terralore, "Northern Cyprus — national dossier", terralore.co/country/CYN, retrieved .