Thassos

Thasos is a town on the island of in northern . It is the capital and main town of the island. The town is also called Limenas Thasou or for short just Limenas to distinguish the town from the island on which it is situated.
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  • Type: Town with 3,130 residents
  • Description: village on the Greek island of Thasos
  • Also known as: “Liménas Thásu”, “Limín”, “Thasas”, “Thasos”, “Thaszosz”, “Λιμήν Θάσου”, “Лимен”, and “Лимэнас Ѳасу”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Archaeological Museum of Thasos and Odeon.

Museum
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The is a …

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panagia and Rachoni.

Village
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is a village on the island of in northern . is situated 6 km south of Thassos.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Thassos.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Thassos.

Thassos

Latitude
40.7782° or 40° 46′ 42″ north
Longitude
24.70588° or 24° 42′ 21″ east
Population
3,130
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR TSO
Open location code
8GG6QPH4+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1704973093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
734094
Wiki­data ID
Q557754
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Thassos” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Thasos”
  • Bulgarian: “Тасос”
  • Cebuano: “Thásos”
  • Chinese: “萨索斯”
  • Croatian: “Tasos”
  • Dutch: “Thasos”
  • Esperanto: “Tasos”
  • Estonian: “Thásos”
  • Finnish: “Thásos”
  • French: “Liménas”
  • French: “Thassos”
  • German: “Limenas Thasou”
  • German: “Thasos-Stadt”
  • German: “Thasos”
  • German: “Thassos”
  • Greek: “Θάσος”
  • Greek: “Λιμένας Θάσου”
  • Hungarian: “Thászosz”
  • Italian: “Limenas”
  • Japanese: “タソス”
  • Korean: “타소스”
  • Macedonian: “Боровец”
  • Macedonian: “Тасос”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Liménas på Thásos”
  • Persian: “تاسوس (شهر)”
  • Persian: “تاسوس”
  • Polish: “Tasos”
  • Russian: “Тасос”
  • Scots: “Thasos”
  • Serbian: “Tasos”
  • Serbian: “Лименас (Тасос)”
  • Serbian: “Лименас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tasos”
  • Slovak: “Limenas Thasou”
  • Spanish: “Limenas”
  • Spanish: “Tasos”
  • Swedish: “Thassos”
  • Turkish: “Taşoz”
  • “Liménas Thásou”

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