Samos
Greek island in Aegean Sea
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Summary
Samos is an island[1]. Samos ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,759 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Aegean Region[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea[5], Mycale Strait[6], Gulf of Kuşadası[7]
- Instance of: polis[8]
- Capital: Vathy[9]
- Location: Aegean Sea[10]
- Postal code: 931 xx[11]
- Part of: Southern Sporades[12]
- Commons category: Samos Island[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[14], UTC+03:00[15]
- Highest point: Kerkis[16]
- Official website: http://www.samos.gr/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Samos[18]
- Population: 32,977[19], 32,642[20]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[24], Pauly–Wissowa[25], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Samos[29]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Samos[30]
- Native label: Σάμος[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Samos[32]
- Area: 476 km²[33]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Samos[34]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Samos include Samos International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Greece[37], founded in 1976[38] and Samotherium[39], a fossil taxon[40].
Why It Matters
Samos has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Samos is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for Samos include Samos International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Greece[37], founded in 1976[38] and Samotherium[39], a fossil taxon[40].