Andros

Andros is a large, mountainous island in the , with beautiful beaches, monasteries and abundant water sources. It has active farming communities and villages, and three main towns/resorts: Gavrio, Chora Andros, and Batsi.
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Photo: Freya, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: Greek island in the Cyclades
  • Also known as: Andros, Greece” and “Nisi Andros
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Palaiopolis.

Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palaiopoli and Menites.

Village
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an ancient city on the west coast of Andros in the Cyclades Islands, Greece, and was the capital of Andros, during the Classical period. From the archaic to the first Byzantine period, the center of the island's activities is traced to the area of Paleopolis, which is found on the west side of the island, at a distance of 5 kilometers from Ipsili and 10 kilometers from Zagora.

Village
is a village.

Village
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andros, also called Chora, is a town and a former municipality on the island of Andros, in the , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andros, of which it is a municipal unit, and shares the island of Andros with the municipal units of and Ydrousa.

Andros

Latitude
37.8439° or 37° 50′ 38″ north
Longitude
24.8703° or 24° 52′ 13″ east
Population
9,220
Elevation
890 metres (2,920 feet)
Open location code
8G96RVVC+H4
Geo­Names ID
265039
Wiki­data ID
Q175741
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Andros” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Androsi
  • Albanian: Ëndra
  • Arabic: أندروس
  • Armenian: Անդրոս
  • Basque: Andros
  • Belarusian: Андрас
  • Belarusian: Востраў Андрас
  • Breton: Andros
  • Bulgarian: Андрос
  • Catalan: Andros
  • Cebuano: Nísos Ándros
  • Chinese: 安德罗斯岛
  • Chinese: 安德羅斯島
  • Croatian: Andros
  • Czech: Andros
  • Danish: Andros
  • Dutch: Andros
  • Egyptian Arabic: اندروس
  • Esperanto: Andros
  • Estonian: Ándrose saar
  • Faroese: Andros
  • Finnish: Andros
  • Finnish: Ándros
  • French: Andros
  • French: Ándros
  • Galician: Andros - Άνδρος
  • Galician: Andros, Grecia
  • German: Andros
  • Greek: Nisí Ándros
  • Greek: Άνδρος
  • Greek: Νησί Άνδρος
  • Greek: Νήσος Άνδρος
  • Hebrew: אנדרוס (יוון)
  • Hebrew: אנדרוס
  • Hungarian: Ándrosz
  • Indonesian: Andros
  • Italian: Andro
  • Italian: Andros
  • Italian: isola di Andros
  • Japanese: アンドロス島
  • Korean: 안드로스섬
  • Kurdish: Andros
  • Latin: Andros
  • Latvian: Andra (sala)
  • Latvian: Andra
  • Lithuanian: Andras
  • Macedonian: Андрос
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Andros
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ándros
  • Norwegian: Andros
  • Persian: آندروس
  • Polish: Andros
  • Portuguese: Andros
  • Romanian: Andros
  • Russian: Андрос
  • Scots: Andros
  • Serbian: Андрос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Andros
  • Slovenian: Andros
  • Spanish: Andros
  • Spanish: Ándros
  • Swedish: Andros
  • Tamil: ஆண்ட்ரோஸ்
  • Thai: อานดรอส
  • Turkish: Andire
  • Turkish: Andros
  • Ukrainian: Андрос
  • Urdu: آندروس
  • Vietnamese: Andros
  • Waray (Philippines): Andros, Gresya
  • Welsh: Andros
  • Western Armenian: Անտրոս

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