Rhodes
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Summary
Rhodes is an island[1]. Rhodes ranks in the top 0.26% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,275 views/month, #19 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rhodes Regional Unit[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea[6], Lycian Sea[7], Strait of Rhodes[8]
- Continent: Eurasia[9]
- Instance of: polis[10]
- Official language: Greek[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza[12], City of Perth[13], Greece[14]
- Location: Aegean Sea[15]
- Postal code: 85x xx[16]
- Part of: Dodecanese[17]
- Commons category: Rhodes[18]
- Licence plate code: ΡΟ[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[20], UTC+03:00[21]
- Said to be the same as: Rhodos[22]
- Local dialing code: 2241[23], 2244[24], 2246[25]
- Inception: 1600 BC[26]
- Highest point: Atavyros[27]
- Located in/on physical feature: Mediterranean Sea[28], Dodecanese[29]
- Significant event: Siege of Rhodes[30]
- Official website: http://www.rhodes.gr/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rhodes[32]
- Commons gallery: Rhodes[33]
- Population: 115,490[34]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Pauly–Wissowa[37], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[38], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[39], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43], New International Encyclopedia[44], The New Student's Reference Work[45], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[46]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Rhodes include Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"[47], an international airport[48], in Greece[49]; Rhodos[50], an Oceanids[51]; Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller[52], a subject of international law[53], founded in 1310[54]; Siege of Rhodes[55], a siege[56]; and Rodion[57], a male given name[58].
Why It Matters
Rhodes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Rhodes is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Rhodes include Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"[47], an international airport[48], in Greece[49]; Rhodos[50], an Oceanids[51]; Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller[52], a subject of international law[53], founded in 1310[54]; Siege of Rhodes[55], a siege[56]; and Rodion[57], a male given name[58].