Chora

Chora or Hora, officially Ios, is the capital town of Ios Island in Greece and is the largest settlement on the island. It contains many of the island's facilities of tourism such as hotels and apartments.
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  • Type: Town with 1,960 residents
  • Description: village in Ios Island, Greece
  • Also known as: “Chora (Ios)”, “Chora (město)”, “Chora of Ios”, “Chora, Ios”, “Ios (village)”, “Ios Chora”, “Ίος”, and “霍拉”
  • Postal code: 84001

Places of Interest

Highlights: Archaeological museum of Ios and Odysseas Elytis Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Theater building
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The Odysseas Elytis Theater in , …

Church
The Church of St. Irene is a Greek Orthodox church…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ios and Mylopotas.

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is a small island of the group.

Village
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is a small settlement located on the island of .

Village
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is a settlement on the island of Ios… is situated 5 km northeast of Chora.

Chora

Latitude
36.72212° or 36° 43′ 20″ north
Longitude
25.28131° or 25° 16′ 53″ east
Population
1,960
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR IOS
Open location code
8G87P7CJ+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042365594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
10629910
Wiki­data ID
Q25069934
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Chora” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Khora”
  • Cebuano: “Íos”
  • Chinese: “伊奥斯”
  • Czech: “Ios”
  • Finnish: “Chora”
  • Finnish: “Íos”
  • French: “Chóra”
  • Greek: “Χώρα Ίου”
  • Greek: “Χώρα”
  • Italian: “Chora”
  • Slovenian: “Hora”
  • Swedish: “Íos”

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