Ithaca

Also known as Ithaki

Greek island in the Ionian Sea

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Ithaca is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, famous from Homer's ancient epic poem "The Odyssey" as the home of the hero Odysseus. The island has held cultural significance for thousands of years as a symbol of homecoming and journey in Western literature.

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Demonym: itacensi
Population: 3231
Area: 116.992
Official website: www.ithaki.gr
Image: On top of the world (10445519213).jpg
Perimeter: 101
Dialing code: 26740

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postal code: 283
native label: Ιθάκη

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Head of Odysseus wearing a pileus depicted on a 3rd-century BC coin from Ithaca Ithaca (/ˈɪθəkə/ ITH-ə-kə), also Ithaki (Greek: Ιθάκη [iˈθaci]) or Ithaka (Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη Ithákē [itʰákɛː]), is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.

Ithaca's main island has an area of 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 2,862. It is the second-smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathy (or Vathi).