Amorgos
Sign in to saveAmorgos (, ; ) 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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14 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
==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.