Chios
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Summary
Chios is an island[1]. Chios ranks in the top 2% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,356 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Chios Municipality[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea[5]
- Instance of: polis[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Bassano Romano[7]
- Location: Aegean Sea[8]
- Postal code: 82x xx[9]
- Part of: East Aegean Islands[10]
- Commons category: Chios[11]
- Highest point: Profitis Ilias[12]
- Significant event: Campaign of Chios[13]
- Official website: https://www.chios.gr/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chios[15]
- Population: 51,930[16]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[17], Pauly–Wissowa[18], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Chios[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Chios[26]
- Native label: Χίος[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Chios[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 1297 m[29]
- Area: 842.5 km²[30]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Chios[31]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Chios[32]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Chios include Chios Island National Airport[33], an airport[34], in Greece[35], founded in 1969[36]; Chios sheep[37], a sheep breed[38]; Chios Strait[39], a strait[40], in Greece[41]; and Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses[42], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[43], in Greece[44], founded in 0325[45], headquartered in Chios[46].
Why It Matters
Chios has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Chios is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Chios include Chios Island National Airport[33], an airport[34], in Greece[35], founded in 1969[36]; Chios sheep[37], a sheep breed[38]; Chios Strait[39], a strait[40], in Greece[41]; and Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses[42], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[43], in Greece[44], founded in 0325[45], headquartered in Chios[46].