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Sign in to saveSkyros (, ), in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros (, ), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes; later, it was consecutively known as Pelasgia, Dolopia, and finally Skyros. At , it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021.
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Skyros is a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea that is the largest and southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades archipelago. With a population of around 3,000 people, it has had various historical names over millennia, including Pelasgia and Dolopia before becoming known as Skyros.
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- Skyros
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- Σκύρος
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- municipality
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- Chora
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- Central Greece
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- Euboea
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- 3052
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 223.10
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- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 340 07
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Skyros (, ), in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros (, ), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes; later, it was consecutively known as Pelasgia, Dolopia, and finally Skyros. At , it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021.
==Municipality== The municipality Skyros is part of the regional unit of Euboea. Apart from the island Skyros, the municipality consists of the small inhabited island of Skyropoula and a few smaller uninhabited islands. The total area of the municipality is .
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