Chios Prefecture Νομός Χίου
Periphery	North Aegean
Capital	Chios
Population	53,817 (2005) Ranked 42nd
Area	904 km² Ranked 46th
Population density	59.5/km² Ranked 17th
Number of provinces
Number of municipalities	10
Number of communities
Postal codes	82x xx
Area codes	227x0
Licence plate code	ΧΙ
ISO 3166-2 code	GR-85
Website	www.chios.gr

Chios (Italian: Scio, Turkish: Sakız, Χίος; alternative transliterations Khios and Hios, see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. map File links The following pages link to this file: Khios Categories: GFDL images ... The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... This is a list of the prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population (in 2005). ... -1... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Following is a list of Greek prefectures ordered by population density. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... Communities and municipalities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. ... Communities and municipalities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Greek car number plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Scio may refer to: Scio, Ohio Scio, New York Scio, Oregon Scio, the Italian name for the Greek Island of Chios in the Aegean Islands. ... This is a list of traditional Greek place names. ... The Aegean Sea (Turkish: Ege Denizi) (Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). ...

The population is about 52,290 (census of 2001), with an area of 904 km². The capital is also called Chios or Chora; it is a port and the island's chief town. The island is famous for its scenery and good climate. Its chief export is mastic but it also produces olives, figs, and wine. To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Binomial name Pistacia lentiscus L. Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3-4 m tall, native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Iberia east to Turkey. ... Binomial name Olea europaea L. The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. ... Species About 800, including: Ficus altissima Ficus americana Ficus aurea Ficus benghalensis - Indian Banyan Ficus benjamina - Weeping Fig Ficus broadwayi Ficus carica - Common Fig Ficus citrifolia Ficus drupacea Ficus elastica Ficus godeffroyi Ficus grenadensis Ficus hartii Ficus lyrata Ficus macbrideii Ficus macrophylla - Moreton Bay Fig Ficus microcarpa - Chinese Banyan Ficus... Wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grapes or grape juice. ...

History

Detail of an oil painting of the Massacre of Chios-1824, by Eugène Delacroix, first exhibited in 1824, two years after the massacre, and bought by Charles X of France for The Louvre in Paris, Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Chios was colonized by Ionians but has been occupied by the Persians, part of the Delian League and the Byzantine Empire, before passing through the possession of the Latin emperors of Constantinople, the Genoese, the Ottoman Turks. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (750x1089, 128 KB) Summary Detail of The Massacre at Chios-1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (750x1089, 128 KB) Summary Detail of The Massacre at Chios-1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Charles X, King of France and of Navarre (October 9, 1757 – November 6, 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. ... The main courtyard of the Louvre. ... Ionia (Greek Ιωνία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was an ancient region of southwestern coastal Anatolia (now in Turkey) on the Aegean Sea. ... Motto: Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic (Persian: Esteqlāl, āzādÄ«, jomhÅ«rÄ«-ye eslāmÄ«) Anthem: SorÅ«d-e MellÄ«-e Īrān Capital Tehran Largest city Tehran Official language(s) Persian Government Supreme Leader President of Iran Islamic republic Ali Khamenei Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Revolution Declared February 11, 1979... The Delian League was an association of Greek city-states in the 5th century BC. It was led by Athens. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Latin Empire, Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Genova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... The Ottoman Turks were the ethnic subdivision of the Turkish people who dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. ...

During the Turkish occupation, there was a massacre of the islanders after a rebellion in 1822, depicted by Eugène Delacroix in his famous artwork at The Louvre. Khios rejoined the rest of independent Greece after the First Balkan War (1912). 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period. ... I.M. Peis Louvre Pyramid: the entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... The region and battle places For more background on this topic, see Balkan Wars. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

The Turkish massacre of 1822, which annihilated 5/6 of the 120,000 inhabitants of the island, decimated the Mastichohoria, the mastic growing villages in the south of the island. It triggered enormous public outrage in Western Europe, as can be seen in the art of Delacroix, in the writing of Lord Byron and Victor Hugo. Lord Byron, English poet George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788–April 19, 1824) was an English poet and leading figure in Romanticism. ... Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) is recognized as one of the most influential French Romantic writers of the 19th century. ...

Claims to Fame

• Nea Moni is a monastery with fine frescoes from Constantine IX's reign and a World Heritage Site. [1]

The fine oil painting of the Massacre of Chios,The costumes and architecture are entirely authentic, This and the works of Lord Byron did much to draw the attention of mainland Europe to the 'katastrophe' that had taken place on Chios.-1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

• Chios claims to be the birthplace of Homer, Hippocrates the mathematician, and Oenopides. Oenopion, a legendary king, is said to have brought winemaking to the island.

• Chios is home to one of the biggest ship-owning fraternities in Greece, with such shipping families as Livanos, Chandris, Los, Lemos, Pachos, Pateras, Fafalios, Tsakos, Frangos, and Xylas hailing from the island.

• Chios' satellite islands include Oinoussais and Psara, from where Kanaris fired the first shots in the Greek War of Independence (1822 onwards).

• Some claim Chios is Christopher Columbus's birthplace. Columbus said he was from Genoa, but he never claimed he was from the city of Genoa itself. Chios was a Genoese possession at the time of Columbus birth, and 'Columbus' is a common surname on Chios . Furthermore Columbus appears to have known Chios very well, since he often made references to it in his journals.
• Chios is also the birthplace of some well known poets of modern times as Giorgos Dilvois, Nikos Gialouris, Dimitris Varos and Matheos Moundes.
• The Korai Library, in Chios, is one of the most important in Greece, containing 95,000 volumes.
• Chios Museum of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art, Website
• Chios Archaeological Museum, Website
• The town of Vrodrandos is home to a unique easter celebration, where locals gather at either of the towns two churches to fire tens of thousands of homemade rockets at the other churches bell, in what has become known as roukeropolemos (the easter church war)

Chios from space, June 1996

Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... Mosaic of Constantine IX and Empress Zoe Constantine IX Monomachus (c. ... World Heritage Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1001x1168, 202 KB) Summary The Massacre at Chios-1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1001x1168, 202 KB) Summary The Massacre at Chios-1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old... The word massacre has a number of meanings, but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass killing, especially of noncombatant civilians or other innocents, that would often qualify as war crimes or atrocities. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, Oenopion (wine-faced), son of Dionysus and Ariadne, was a legendary king of Khios, said to have brought winemaking to the island. ... Georges Livanos was born in 1926 in New Orleans. ... John D. Chandris (1890-1942) - Greek shipping magnate. ... Constantine M. Los was born on the Ottoman-controlled Greek island of Chios, in 1871. ... Oinousses is a barren island some 5km from the Greek island of Khios. ... Psara (Greek: Ψαρά) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ... Constantine Kanaris (or Canaris, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης) (1793 or 1795 – September 2, 1877) was a Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician. ... The Declaration of the War by Bishop Germanos at St Lavra on March 25, 1821 The Greek War of Independence was a successful war waged by the Greeks between 1821 and 1827 to win independence from the Ottoman Empire. ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Christopher Columbus (conjectural image by Sebastiano del Piombo). ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Genova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Dimitris Varos (born 1949 on the island of Chios) is a modern Greek poet, journalist, and photographer, . He has been director and editor-in-chief of many Greek national newspapers, including Chiakos Laos, Acropolis, Ethnos, Proti, Ethnos tis Kyriakis,Typos tis Kyriakis and many national magazines. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x640, 96 KB) Chios Island, Greece - June 1996 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (640x640, 96 KB) Chios Island, Greece - June 1996 image description here File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Climate

Its climate is mainly Mediterranean. Winters are rarely founded in higher elevations.

Municipalities

See also: List of settlements in the Chios prefecture Volissos (Greek: Βολισσός) is a small town in the northwest of Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece. ... Volissos is a small town in the northwest of Khios, Aegean Islands, Greece. ... Oinousses is a barren island some 5km from the Greek island of Khios as well as a community and a municipality. ... Omiroupoli or Homiroupoli (Ομηρούπολη) is a small town of 7. ... Psara (Greek: Ψαρά) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ... List of settlements in the prefecture of Chios in Greece: In Chios A-B Agiasmata Agios Galos Agios Georgios Sykousis Amades Anavatos Armolia Avgonima C-D Chalandra Chalkio Chios Dafnon Diefcha E-F Flatsia Fyta G-I K-L Kalamoti Kallimasia Kampia Kampochora Kardamyla Karya Katarraktis Keramos Komi Kourounia Lagkada...

External references

• Chios Online: Chios island Travel Guide
• Official Chios website : operated by Chios Prefecture (including tourist guide)
• Association of Rooms to Let & Apartments in Chios
• Travel to Chios: Chios guide
• e-xios.gr: portal for Chios, everything you need
• Chios island Greece: General information including history, villages and famous people
• Chiosnet: Chios Travel Guide
• Interactive travel guide to chios island

See also

• Greek products
• Cuisine of Greece