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Pothia
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Pothia or Pothaia or Kalymnos Town (Greek: Πόθια or Ποθαία) is the capital of Kalymnos, Greece, and the major settlement of the island. It is located in the south of Kalymnos on the edge of a bay. It is very close to Chorio or Chora, the old capital of Kalymnos. Pothia is the main port and includes the main public services of the island. The population was 13,529 inhabitants at the 2021 census.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pothia is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Greece, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under the topic Kalymnos.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Πόθια
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 12,324
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Pothia
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Πόθια
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Kalymnos.JPG
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Panorama of Pothia
- Greek Dimos.elevation_min
- 0
- Greek Dimos.elevation_max
- 700
- Greek Dimos.periph
- South Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Kalymnos
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Kalymnos
- Greek Dimos.population
- 13529
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Kalymnos municipality
- Population
- 9683
- Elevation
- 4
- Capital of
- Kalymnos Regional Unit
- Image
- Kalymnos.JPG
- Dialing code
- 2243
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- Commons category
- Pothia
- postal code
- 852 00
- P12749
- Ranidae
- native label
- Πόθια
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Places of interest
- References
- External links
Pothia or Pothaia or Kalymnos Town (Greek: Πόθια or Ποθαία) is the capital of Kalymnos, Greece, and the major settlement of the island. It is located in the south of Kalymnos on the edge of a bay. It is very close to Chorio or Chora, the old capital of Kalymnos. Pothia is the main port and includes the main public services of the island. The population was 13,529 inhabitants at the 2021 census.
==History== Pothia was built in 1850 when the pirates' raids decreased allowing the inhabitants to move near the sea. Its population increased rapidly. During the Italian rule, many Venetian type houses were built.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pothia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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