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Gavdos
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Gavdos ( ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Gavdos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Γαύδος
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Gavdou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chania
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 142
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 32.4
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation_min
- 0
- Greek Dimos.elevation_max
- 345
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 730 01
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 28230
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΝ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Gavdos.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Satellite image of Gavdos
- Greek Dimos.seat
- Kastri
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 208
- Area
- 27
- Elevation
- 98
- Official website
- gavdos.gr
- Image
- Gavdos, potamos beach from Ambellos path.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gavdos
- postal code
- 73001
- native label
- Γαύδος
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Gavdos ( ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province.
==Name== Gavdos has been known by a wide variety of names. For example, it appears in the biblical account of Paul's journey to Rome in Acts 27 as "Clauda" () or "Cauda" (). The island was also referred to as "Cauda" by Roman geographer Pomponius Mela, and as "Gaudos" by Pliny. Ptolemy called Gavdos "Claudos" (). The Venetians called it "Gotzo", perhaps in imitation of the Maltese island "Gozo". From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the island was known as "Gondzo". A Turkish name of Godzo was "Bougadoz".
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