Kos

Summary

Kos is an island^[1]. Kos has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Kos is located in Kos Municipality^[3].
• Kos is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Kos is on the body of water Aegean Sea^[5].
• Kos's instance of is recorded as island^[6].
• Kos's capital is recorded as Kos^[7].
• Kos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châtenay-Malabry^[8].
• Kos took place at Aegean Sea^[9].
• Kos's postal code is recorded as 853 xx^[10].
• Kos is part of Dodecanese^[11].
• Kos's Commons category is recorded as Kos^[12].
• Kos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[13].
• Kos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[14].
• Kos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.815277777778, 'lon': 27.110277777778}^[15].
• Kos's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Dodecanese^[16].
• Kos's official website is recorded as https://kos.gov.gr^[17].
• Kos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kos^[18].
• Kos has a population of {'amount': '+33387'}^[19].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[20].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[21].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[24].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Kos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Kos's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Κως'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Kos is in the country of Greece^[4]. Kos is located in Kos Municipality^[3]. Kos is on the body of water Aegean Sea^[5]. Kos is part of Dodecanese^[11].

Physical Characteristics

Kos covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+290.3'}^[28]. Kos sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+846'}^[29]. Kos has a population of {'amount': '+33387'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Kos's instance of is recorded as island^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kos include Kos International Airport "Hippocrates"^[30], an international airport^[31], in Greece^[32].

Why It Matters

Kos has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Kos is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Kos include Kos International Airport "Hippocrates"^[30], an international airport^[31], in Greece^[32].