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Tinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants.

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Tinos is a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea as part of the Cyclades archipelago, positioned near Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. With a population of 8,934 people as of 2021, it is a relatively small island that represents one of many inhabited islands in this famous Mediterranean island group.

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Key facts

Greece place.name
Tinos
Greece place.name_local
Περιφερειακή ενότητα / ΔήμοςΤήνου
Greece place.type
regional unit and municipality
Greece place.image_skyline
Tinos panagia evangelistria 200707 04.jpg
Greece place.caption_skyline
Panagia Evangelistria, landmark of the island
Greece place.image_map
2011 Dimos Tinou.png
Greece place.map_caption
Tinos within the South Aegean
Greece place.periph
South Aegean
Greece place.seat
Tinos (town)
Greece place.area
194.5
Greece place.population
8934
Greece place.population_as_of
2021
Greece place.postal_code
842 xx
Greece place.area_code
22830
Greece place.licence
EM

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Country
Greece
Population
8934
Area
196.984
Elevation
729
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Aegean Sea
Shares border with
Andros
Location
Aegean Sea
Official website
www.tinos.gr
Image
Tinos by Sentinel-2 Cloudless.jpg
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Commons category
Tinos
topic's main category
Category:Tinos
category of associated people
Category:People from Tinos
located in/on physical feature
Cyclades
native label
Τήνος
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Administration
  • Province
  • Climate
  • Transportation
  • Towns and villages
  • Notable people
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Attribution
  • External links

Tinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants.

Tinos is famous amongst Greeks for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, for the island's 80 or so windmills, for about 1,000 artistic dovecotes, for 50 active villages and for the Venetian fortifications on the mountain Exomvourgo. On Tinos, both Greek Orthodox and Catholic populations coexist, and the island is also well known for its sculptors and painters, such as Nikolaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tinos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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