Q208566

Skyros (, ), in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros (, ), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes; later, it was consecutively known as Pelasgia, Dolopia, and finally Skyros. At , it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021.

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Skyros is a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea that is the largest and southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades archipelago. With a population of around 3,000 people, it has had various historical names over millennia, including Pelasgia and Dolopia before becoming known as Skyros.

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name: Skyros
Greek Dimos.name_local: Σκύρος
Greek Dimos.type: municipality
Greek Dimos.image_map: 2011 Dimos Skyrou.png
Greek Dimos.image_skyline: Skyros-chora.JPG
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline: Chora
Greek Dimos.periph: Central Greece
Greek Dimos.periphunit: Euboea
Greek Dimos.pop_municipality: 3052
Greek Dimos.area_municipality: 223.10
Greek Dimos.population_as_of: 2021
Greek Dimos.postal_code: 340 07
Greek Dimos.area_code: 22x0
Greek Dimos.licence: ΧΑ
Greek Dimos.elevation_min: 0
Greek Dimos.elevation_max: 792

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Municipality
Etymology
History
Spanish flu
Geography
Climate
Historical population
Transportation
Air travel
Sea travel
Gallery
References
External links

==Municipality== The municipality Skyros is part of the regional unit of Euboea. Apart from the island Skyros, the municipality consists of the small inhabited island of Skyropoula and a few smaller uninhabited islands. The total area of the municipality is .

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