Kos Town
Kos or Cos is a Greek island, which is 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 19,200 residents
- Description: city on the homonymous island in Aegean Sea, Greece
- Also known as: “Kos”, “Kos, Greece”, and “Póli Kos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Square Saint Paraskevi and Defterdar Mosque.
Defterdar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque is a mosque on the island of Kos, in the South Aegean region of Greece. Built in the 18th century, during the Ottoman-era, the mosque serves the Muslim community of Kos, as one of the two out of the five Ottoman mosques to be still operational and open for worship on Kos, the other being the Gazi Hasan Pasha Mosque.
Plane tree of Hippocrates
Photo: Stevenfruitsmaak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tree of Hippocrates is the plane tree under which, according to legend, Hippocrates of Kos taught his pupils the art of medicine. Paul of Tarsus purportedly taught here as well.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kos and Kos Asklepieion.
Kos
Kos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Dodecanese, located in the south-eastern part of the Aegean Sea, near the Turkish coast.
Kos Asklepieion
Locality
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Kos Asklepieion is a locality, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Kos Town.
Zipari
Town
Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
Zipari is a town, which is situated 8 km west of Kos Town.
Kos Town
- Category: city
- Location: Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Kos Town from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kos Town” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوس”
- Armenian: “Կոս (քաղաք)”
- Armenian: “Կոս”
- Asturian: “Kos (city)”
- Azerbaijani: “Kos (şəhər)”
- Azerbaijani: “Kos”
- Bulgarian: “Кос”
- Catalan: “Cos”
- Cebuano: “Kos”
- Chinese: “科斯”
- Czech: “Kós”
- Danish: “Kos by”
- Danish: “Kos”
- Dutch: “Kos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوس”
- Estonian: “Kos”
- Finnish: “Kos”
- French: “Kos”
- German: “Kos Stadt”
- German: “Kos”
- Greek: “Κως (πόλη)”
- Greek: “Κως”
- Hebrew: “קוס”
- Interlingue: “Kos”
- Italian: “Coo”
- Latin: “Cos”
- Lithuanian: “Kos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kos”
- Polish: “Kos”
- Russian: “Кос”
- Serbian: “Kos”
- Serbian: “Кос”
- Silesian: “Kos (Grecyjo)”
- Silesian: “Kos”
- Slovak: “Kos (mesto)”
- Slovak: “Kos”
- Slovenian: “Kos”
- Spanish: “Cos”
- Swedish: “Kos”
- Turkish: “İstanköy”
- Ukrainian: “Кос”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaká Pinári and Kermetés.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Medieval city walls and Hellenistic-Roman House.
Dodecanese: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Kos, Patmos, Rhodes, and Karpathos.
Curious Places to Discover
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kos Town”. Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0.