Amorgos

Amorgos (, ; ) is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece. Along with 16 neighbouring islets, the largest of which (by land area) is Nikouria Island, it comprises the municipality of Amorgos, which has a land area of and at the 2021 census had a population of 1,961.

Key facts

Greece place.name: Amorgos
Greece place.name_local: Αμοργός
Greece place.type: municipality
Greece place.image_map: 2011 Dimos Amorgou.png
Greece place.image_skyline: Chora Amorgos 7231.JPG
Greece place.caption_skyline: View of Chora (Amorgos)
Greece place.elevation_min: 0
Greece place.elevation_max: 823
Greece place.georegion: Cyclades
Greece place.periph: South Aegean
Greece place.periphunit: Naxos
Greece place.pop_municipality: 1961
Greece place.area_municipality: 126.35
Greece place.pop_community: 446
Greece place.population_as_of: 2021
Greece place.postal_code: 840 08
Greece place.area_code: 22850
Greece place.licence: EM

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Part of: Cyclades
Country: Greece
Located in: Naxos Regional Unit
Area: 126.346
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Body of water: Aegean Sea
Location: Aegean Sea
Official website: amorgos.gr
Image: Amorgos-1.jpg
Perimeter: 112

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topic's main category: Category:Amorgos
Commons category: Amorgos
postal code: 840
located in/on physical feature: Cyclades
different from: Among Us
native label: Αμοργός

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Early Cycladic period
Classical period
Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman and Modern
Municipal districts
Historical population
Climate
Landmarks
In popular culture
See also
References
Sources
External links

==Geography== thumb|left|Satellite image of Amorgos Due to its position near the ancient Ionian towns, such as Miletus, Halicarnassus and Ephesus, Amorgos became one of the first places from which the Ionians passed through to the Cycladic Islands and onto the Greek mainland.

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