Kos
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.
- Locality with about 21,400 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code KGS
- Description: city on the homonymous island in Aegean Sea, Greece
- Also known as“Kos Town”“Kos, Greece”“Póli Kos”
Places of Interest
Discover Archaeological Museum of Kos and Defterdar Mosque.
Defterdar Mosque
The Defterdar Ibrahim Pasha Mosque or simply Defterdar…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kos and Kos Asklepieion.
Kos Asklepieion
The Temple of Asclepius or Asclepieion of Kos was one…
3½ km southwest of Kos
Kos
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Latitude
36.89295° or 36° 53′ 35″ north
Longitude
27.28768° or 27° 17′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR KGS
Open location code
8G89V7VQ+53
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kos” goes by many names.
كوسArabic
ԿոսArmenian
Կոս (քաղաք)Armenian
Kos (city)Asturian
KosAzerbaijani
Kos (şəhər)Azerbaijani
КосBelarusian
КосBulgarian
CosCatalan
KosCebuano
科斯Chinese
KósCzech
KosDanish
Kos byDanish
KosDutch
كوسEgyptian Arabic
קוסHebrew
KosInterlingue
CooItalian
CosLatin
KosLithuanian
KosNorwegian Bokmål
KosPolish
КосRussian
KosSerbian
КосSerbian
KosSilesian
Kos (Grecyjo)Silesian
KosSlovak
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Localities in the Area
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