South Aegean Islands
Cyclades
Ios

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.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Joshua Doubek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Stefanos Kofopoulos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 1,960 residents
  • Description: village in Ios Island , Greece
  • Also known as: “Chora of Ios”, “Chora, Ios”, “Ios (village)”, and “Ios Chora”
  • Postal code: 84001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological museum of Ios and Odysseas Elytis Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Theater building
Photo: Lourakis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Odysseas Elytis Theater in , is an open-air theater of the ancient Greek style designed by the architect Peter Haupt, a professor of architecture at the University of Berlin.

Church
The Church of St. Irene is a Greek Orthodox church on the island of Ios, in the , in the region of . It is located in the south side of the port of Ios in Yialos and it was built in the 17th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ios and Mylopotas.

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small island of the group. It is a part of the Cyclades Islands in the south of Greece. is a short ferry ride from Santorini, making an extended holiday or even a day trip a viable option.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small settlement located on the island of . Although the population of is just 151 people, during the summer season many tourists visit to enjoy the beach and stay in one of the resorts nearby.

Village
Photo: Stefanos Kofopoulos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the island Ios in the regional unit of Thira, in the region of , according to the Kallikratis reform. Prior to the Kallikratis and the Kapodistrias reforms, it belonged to the province of Thira in the prefecture of , in the geographical group of . 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)
United Nations Location Code
GR IOS
Open location code
8G87P7CJ+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1042365594
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
10629910
Wiki­data ID
Q25069934
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Chora from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

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

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Chora”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Πεντάνουσσα and Γερμανώλη.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Παλαιά Θύρα Αμοιραδάκειου and ΚΕΠ ΙΗΤΩΝ.

Cyclades: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Mykonos, Naxos, Delos, and Milos.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Chora”. Photo: Joshua Doubek, CC BY-SA 3.0.