PIP: Cyprus has an area of 9251 square km or 3572 square miles with a population of 735,000 of whom 565,000 were Greeks and 170,000 Turks in 1991. Literacy is 99%, infant mortality is 10/1000, and life expectancy is 73 years for males and 78 for females. The history of the island goes back to BC 3700. It has been divided since the Turkish military invasion of 1974 that followed a coup attempt by the Greek military junta which wanted to oust President Makarios for abandonment of the union with Greece. There have been UN sponsored negotiations between the 2 communities to establish a new constitution of a federal, bicommunal, and bizonal basis. The economy has recovered since the mid-1970s when 230,000 refugees were jobless. Cyprus has a custom's union agreement with the European Community, and applied for full membership in 1990. In the Greek zone light manufacturing and services grew rapidly in 1990. More than 1.5 million tourists visited Cyprus in 1990. However, agricultural production and exports (potatoes and citrus) decreased in 1990. Tourism also declined, while the budget deficit increased, but there are more favorable economic forecasts for 1992. Turkey provides a large amount of development assistance, and takes a large share of imports from the Turkish sector that fared much worse economically than the Greek zone.