Key facts
- Country
- Greece
- Administrative region
- South Aegean
- Regional unit
- Rhodes
- Municipality
- 37.04 km (14.30 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 601 m (1,972 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 12.8/km (33.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( EEST )
- Postal code
- 851 10
- Vehicle registration
- ΚΧ, ΡΟ, ΡΚ
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Port of Emporio, Halki Island, Dodecanese Halki (Greek: Χάλκη [ˈxalki]; alternatively Chalce or Chalki) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese archipelago in the Aegean Sea, some 9 km (6 mi) west of Rhodes. It has an area of 28 km (11 sq mi). It is part of the Rhodes regional unit. It has a permanent population of 330 (increased during the summer months), concentrated in the only village of Emporio. The 2021 census showed a population of 475 inhabitants. The community is divided in two parts, Chorio (Χωριό, also spelled Horio, "Village") and Emporio (Εμποριό, "Market").
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.