Kupro

Kupro (pia: Kipro, Kuprosi, Saiprasi, Cyprus) ni nchi ya kisiwani upande wa mashariki wa bahari ya Mediteranea. 

Kijiografia ni sehemu ya Asia, lakini kiutamaduni na kisiasa ni sehemu ya Ulaya. 

Mji mkuu ni Nikosia.

Historia

Kisiwa cha shaba 
Watu waliishi kisiwani huko walau kuanzia milenia ya 10 KK.

Zamani za Kale kisiwa kilikuwa chanzo cha shaba nyingi iliyopatikana katika eneo la Mediteranea ya mashariki. Jina la kikemia la shaba "kupri" linatokana na jina la kisiwa.

Katika Biblia
Kisiwa kinazungumziwa na Biblia ya Kikristo, kwa namna ya pekee kuhusiana na umisionari wa Mtume Barnaba na wenzie Mtume Paulo na Marko Mwinjili kisiwani huko.

Karne za Kati
Kuanzia mwaka 649 Kupro ilishambuliwa na pengine kutawaliwa na Waarabu walioua wakazi wengi na kubomoa makanisa na miji mizima.

Chini ya Waosmani
Baada ya Wakristo kujirudishia kisiwa hicho muhimu, Waturuki Waosmani walikiteka mwaka 1570 na kuingiza Uislamu bila kufaulu kufuta dini ya wenyeji.

Chini ya Waingereza
Mwaka 1878 Uingereza ulianza kutawala Kupro bila kuitenga rasmi na Dola la Waosmani hadi mwaka 1914.

Uhuru
Tarehe 16 Agosti 1960 Kupro ilijipatia uhuru ingawa kulikuwa na utata kati ya kubaki peke yake, kuungana na Ugiriki au kugawiwa kati ya
kaskazini (Waturuki) na kusini (Wagiriki).

Baada ya uhuru
Tangu vita vya Kupro, 1974 kisiwa kimegawiwa, huku maeneo ya kaskazini yakiwa yanatawaliwa na Jamhuri ya Kituruki ya Cyprus ya Kaskazini isiyotambulika kimataifa. 

Pamoja na hayo, Kupro imefaulu kujiunga na Umoja wa Ulaya tarehe 1 Mei 2004.

Watu
Wakazi walio wengi hutumia lugha ya Kigiriki, wengine Kituruki, ambazo zote mbili ni lugha rasmi. 

Kwa jumla hao wa kwanza ni Wakristo (72.3% za wakazi wote), wa pili ni Waislamu (25%). 

Wakristo karibu wote ni Waorthodoksi; wengine ni Wakatoliki, Waarmenia na Waanglikana.

Dini ina nafasi kubwa katika maisha ya wananchi.

Tazama pia 
 Orodha ya nchi kufuatana na wakazi

Viungo vya nje 

 Timeline of Cyprus by BBC
 Cyprus  from UCB Libraries GovPubs
 Cyprus information from the United States Department of State includes Background Notes, Country Study and major reports
 
 Cyprus profile from the BBC News
 The UN in Cyprus
 Cypriot Pottery, Bryn Mawr College Art and Artifact Collections
 The Cesnola collection of Cypriot art : stone sculpture, a fully digitised text from The Metropolitan Museum of Art libraries

Government
 Cyprus High Commission Trade Centre – London
 Cypriot Diaspora Project 
 Republic of Cyprus – English Language 
 Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus
 Press and Information Office 
 Chief of State and Cabinet Members 
 Cyprus Elections to European Parliament 

Tourism
 Read about Cyprus on visitcyprus.com – the official travel portal for Cyprus
 AroundCyprus.net – Interactive virtual guide featuring attractions and activities on the island 
 Cyprus informational portal and open platform for contribution of Cyprus-related content – www.Cyprus.com

 Official publications
 The British government's Foreign Affairs Committee report on Cyprus.
 Letter by the President of the Republic, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, to the UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi Annan, dated 7 June, which circulated as an official document of the UN Security Council 
 Legal Issues arising from certain population transfers and displacements on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus in the period since 20 July 1974 
 Address to Cypriots by President Papadopoulos (FULL TEXT)
 The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office, Aspects of the Cyprus Problem 
 European Court of Human Rights Case of Cyprus v. Turkey (Application no. 25781/94) 
 
 
 Official Cyprus Government Web Site
 Embassy of Greece, USA – Cyprus: Geographical and Historical Background 

 
Visiwa vya Mediteranea
Nchi za visiwa
Nchi za Umoja wa Ulaya
Nchi za Asia
Maeneo ya Biblia
Jumuiya ya Madola