Thasos
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Thasos is a Greek island located in the northern Aegean Sea and is notable for being the northernmost major Greek island in the country. It ranks as the 12th largest Greek island by area.
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- Thasos
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- Θάσος
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- regional unit and municipality
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- Limenas, Thassos.JPG
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- Limenas (port) of Thasos, capital of the island
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- 2011 Dimos Thasou.svg
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- Thasos within Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
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- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
- Greece place.seat
- Thasos
- Greece place.area
- 380
- Greece place.elevation
- 1205
- Greece place.population
- 13104
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Thasos ( ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area.
The island has an area of 380 km2 and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region. Before the local administration reform of 2011, it was part of the Kavala Prefecture. The largest town and the capital is Thasos, officially known as Limenas Thasou, "Port of Thasos", situated on the northern side. It is connected with the mainland by regular ferry lines between Keramoti and Thasos town, and between the regional centre of Kavala and Skala Prinou.