Ormidhia
is the biggest Cypriot enclave-exclave inside United Kingdom's Dhekelia
Sovereign Base Area.
The two Cypriot villages of Ormidhia
and Xylotimbou are each surrounded by territory that belongs to the British
Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia. There are also two more Cypriot territories in the
British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia, the Dhekelia Power Station and the the
These
enclaves were visited and photographed in December 2011.
Name of enclave
Size
(ha)
Population
Ormidhia
169,4
5000
(2011)
Xylotimbou
94,7
3593
(2010)
EAC
Refugee Settlement
28,0
700
(2012)
Dhekelia Power
Station
16,1
0
According
to the 2003 Annan Plan for Cyprus large parts of both the Western
SBA and the Eastern SBA would be ceded to the Greek-Cypriot Constituent State
(GCCS) and the Turkish-Cypriot Constituent State (TCCS). On this image
we see major parts of UK Dhekelia, including those which surround the
exclave-enclaves of Xylotimbou and Ormidhia were planned to be ceeded
over to Cyprus; parts which de facto are used by Cypriots today. The
present main part of the Greek-Cypriot side would united with the
eastern Famagusta (Paralimni) region. After
demarcation only the two exclaves at Dhekelia Power Station would be
left and a new corridor road between Dhekelia Garrison and the
southeastern Mantres tou Xenou area at Cape Pyla would appear. A similar corridor excists today
between the main Dhekelia SBA part and the northeastern Ayios
Nikolaos Station area. This corridor is now 13 km, but after the Annan
Plan it would be almost twice as long. 1, 2)
