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Kos

Greek island

PlaceislandQ187027

Also known as Cos

Country: Greece
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2025-09-19
2.Stated in NomismaRetrieved 2024-07-15
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Located in: Kos Municipality
Area: 290.3 km²
Elevation: 846 m
Population: 33,387
Located in/on physical feature: Dodecanese

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Kos or Cos is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089, making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese after Rhodes. The island measures 42.1 by 11.5 kilometres. Administratively, Kos constitutes a municipality within the Kos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is the town of Kos.

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Twinned administrative body: Châtenay-Malabry
Capital: Kos
Website: kos.gov.gr language: Greek, English
Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea
Postal code: 853 00–853 99
Location: Aegean Sea
Official name: Κως
Native label: Κως
Part of: Dodecanese

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54 identifiers linking Kos across the web's reference databases

36.8153, 27.1103OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Kos (Q187027). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/kos-Q187027