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Kea, also known as Gia (Κέα / Τζια in Greek), Tzia and Keos (Ancient: Κέως), is an island of the Cyclades archipelago, in the Aegean Sea, in Greece. It is the island of the Cyclades complex that is closest to Attica (about 1 hour by ferry from Lavrio) and is also 20 km from Cape Sounio as well as 60 km SE of Athens. Its climate is arid and its terrain is hilly. Its capital, Ioulis, is inland at a high altitude (like most ancient Cycladic settlements, for the fear of pirates) and is considered quite picturesque. Other major villages of Kea are Korrisia (the port) and Vourkari (a fishing village). After suffering depopulation for many decades, Kea has been recently rediscovered by Athens city dwellers as a convenient destination for weekends and yachting trips. The population in 1991 was only 1,797 and the density below prefectural and Greek average. Kea is 19 km long from north to south and 9 km wide from west to east. The area is 128 km² with the highest point being 560 or 570 m. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos, Greek: νομοί, νομός)): See also List of the prefectures of Greece by area List of the prefectures of Greece by population density List of the prefectures of Greece by population External...
The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ...
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The Aegean Sea. ...
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The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ...
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The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ...
An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...
The Aegean Sea. ...
Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ...
Laurium or Laurion (Λαύριον, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s, Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Laverotiki, famous in...
Athens (Greek: Αθήνα AthÃna IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ...
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Athens (Greek: Αθήνα AthÃna IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ...
Yachting is a noncommercial boating activity. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Kea was the home of Simonides of Ceos, an ancient Greek lyric poet. It is also the location of a Bronze Age settlement called Ayia Irini, which reached its height in the Late Minoan and Early Mycenaean eras (1600-1400 BCE). Simonides of Ceos (ca. ...
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The municipality includes the island of Makronisos to the northwest as well as a couple of ferry and shipping lines. Makronisos (Μακρόνησος, in Greek, lit. ...
Historical population
| Year | Communal population | Change | Island population | Change | Density | | 1991 | - | - | 1,797 | - | 13.93/km² | 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Communities - Chavouna
- Ellinika Kea
- Kato Meria
- Ioulis
- Kea
- Korissia
- Koundouros, Greece
- Otzias
- Pisses
- Vourkari
Other Kea has a few schools, a few lyceums, a gymnasia, churches, banks, a post office and squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...
External links - Island website
- Map and Aerial photos:
- Coordinates: 37°40′0″N, 26°19′0″E
- Mapquest - Kea, street map not yet available
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| Divisions of the Cyclades prefecture | | Municipalities of the Cyclades prefecture | | Amorgos | Andros | Ano Syros | Drymalia | Ermoupoli | Exomvourga | Idrousa | Ios | Kea | Korthio | Kythnos | Milos | Mykonos | Naxos | Paros | Poseidonia | Serifos | Sifnos | Thira | Tinos The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ...
Amorgos (Greek: ΑμοÏγος) is the easternmost island of the Greek Cyclades island group. ...
Andros, or Andro (Greek: )ΆνδÏος, an island of the Greek archipelago, the most northerly of the Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6 miles) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (about 2 miles) north of Tinos. ...
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Ios (Greek: Ίος) is an island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. ...
Kythnos or Kithnos (Greek: ΚÏθνος) is a Greek island in the Western Cyclades between Kea and Serifos. ...
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Satellite Image of Mykonos Mykonos (Greek: ÎœÏκονος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) or Myconos is an island of Greece. ...
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Paros, or Paro (Greek: ΠάÏος), is an island of Greece in the Aegean Sea, one of the largest of the group of the Cyclades. ...
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Sifnos (Greek: Σίφνος) is an island in the Cyclades complex in Greece. ...
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| | Communities of the Cyclades prefecture | | Anafi | Antiparos | Donoussa | Folegandros | Heraklia | Kimolos | Koufonissa | Oia | Panormos | Schinoussa | Sykinos | | Provinces of the Cyclades prefecture | | mostly listed Andros | Ios | Kea | Amorgos | Milos | Naxos | Paros | Syros | Thira | Tinos Antiparos is an island in the island group Cyclades in the Aegean Sea which lies southwest from the island Paros: the boat trip is just ten minutes from Pounta, a little port on Paros which can be reached by bus or taxi, and about twenty minutes from the main port...
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Pholegandros, or Folegandros, is a small Greek island of the Aegean Sea, which, together with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini, forms the southern part of the Cyclades. ...
Kimolos is an island in the Aegean Sea, at the south-west part of Cyclades at a distance of 1,6 km north-east of Milos, has 769 inhabitants (2001 Greek Census) and includes administratively the uninhabited islands Polyaigos (literally translated Many-Goats), Agios Georgios and Agios Efstathios. ...
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Andros, or Andro (Greek: )ΆνδÏος, an island of the Greek archipelago, the most northerly of the Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6 miles) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (about 2 miles) north of Tinos. ...
Ios (Greek: Ίος) is an island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. ...
Amorgos (Greek: ΑμοÏγος) is the easternmost island of the Greek Cyclades island group. ...
Milos is a province of Cyclades prefecture in Greece. ...
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View from the top of Thira Santorini is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, 75 km south-east of the Greek mainland, (latitude: 35. ...
Tinos (Greek: Τήνος), or Tynos (Italian: Tine) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, part of Greece. ...
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