Cyclades

Also known as Kykládes, Kykládhes

The Cyclades (; , ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name () refers to the archipelago forming a circle around the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos; the most populated, however, is Syros.

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The Cyclades are a group of islands in the Aegean Sea located southeast of mainland Greece, named after their circular arrangement around the sacred island of Delos. They form part of the larger Aegean archipelago and were formerly administered as a Greek prefecture, with Naxos being the largest island and Syros the most densely populated.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Cyclades
Settlement.native_name: Νομός Κυκλάδων
Settlement.settlement_type: Former prefecture
Settlement.image_map: Nomos Kykladon.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Cyclades in Greece
Settlement.image_map1: Cyclades municipalities numbered.png
Settlement.map_caption1: Location of municipalities within Cyclades Prefecture
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Greece
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Periphery
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South Aegean
Settlement.parts_type: Subdivisions
Settlement.p1: 9 provinces
Settlement.p2: 20 municipalities
Settlement.p3: 11 communities
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1833
Settlement.extinct_title: Disestablished