Dhekelia Cantonment (, ), also simply named Dhekelia, is a

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Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia (), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. The area ...

, a

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on the island of

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, administered as the Sovereign Base Areas. It is the larger of the two

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bases on the island, and it is also the location of Alexander Barracks, which is home to the 2nd Battalion, The

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. In Autumn 2017, the 2nd Battalion

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deployed to Dhekelia replacing 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. It forms a part of

British Forces Cyprus British Forces Cyprus (BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus and at a number of related 'retained sites' in the Republic of Cyprus. The United ...

. Dhekelia contains the village of

Dasaki Achnas Achna (; ) is an abandoned village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus. It is just north of the Buffer Zone and it is under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion, its displaced inhabitants built a new villa ...

and a portion of the village

Pergamos Pergamos (; ) is a Turkish Cypriot village in Larnaca District, Cyprus, 4 km north of Pyla, almost surrounded by the British Sovereign Base Area (SBA) at Dhekelia.PRIO web site http://www.prio-cyprus-displacement.net/default.asp?id=383 r ...

, and also includes several Cypriot enclaves including Xylotymbo, Ormidhia and Dhekelia Power Station. However, the cantonment expands out more northeast with a 90m wide narrow corridor, which leads to even more Dhekelian land which includes

Ayios Nikolaos Station Ayios Nikolaos Station (also spelled ''Agios Nikolaos''; , lit. "Saint Nicholas") is a British military station and part of the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus. It is a former village (Ayios Nikolaos, SBA) connected by a road ...

and a Green Line crossing point. The cantonment is also referred to as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area prior to its location to Akrotiri.

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Geography of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Installations of the British Army Military of Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia {{UK-gov-stub

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