Folegandros
Folegandros, or Pholegandros, is a small island in the Cyclades. Folegandros is a barren island with a rocky coastline and almost sheer cliffs. Main settlements are the port of Karavostasi, the capital of the island, the "Chora", built on the edge of a cliff overlooking the northern coast and the windswept village of “Ano Meria”.
- Type: Locality with 667 residents
- Description: island in the Aegean Sea
- Also known as: “Folégandhros”, “Folègandros”, “Folégandros - Φολεγάνδρου”, “Mint of Pholegandros”, “Polykandro”, “Κοινότητα Φολεγάνδρου”, “Фіопегандрос”, and “フォレガンドロス”
Folegandros
- Categories: island and polis
- Location: Folegandros, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.6279° or 36° 37′ 41″ north
Longitude
24.9202° or 24° 55′ 13″ east
Population
667
Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR FOL
Open location code
8G86JWHC+53
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Folegandros” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Folegandros”
- Arabic: “فوليجاندروس”
- Bulgarian: “Фолегандрос”
- Catalan: “Folegandros”
- Cebuano: “Folégandros”
- Cebuano: “Nísos Folégandros”
- Chinese: “福莱甘兹罗斯岛”
- Chinese: “福萊甘茲羅斯島”
- Croatian: “Folegandros”
- Czech: “Folegandros”
- Danish: “Folegandros”
- Dutch: “Folegandros”
- Esperanto: “Folegandros”
- Finnish: “Folégandros”
- French: “Folégandros”
- Galician: “Folégandros - Φολέγανδρος”
- Galician: “Folégandros”
- German: “Folegandros”
- Greek: “Φολέγανδρος”
- Hungarian: “Folegandrosz”
- Hungarian: “Folégandrosz”
- Italian: “Policandro”
- Japanese: “フォレガンドロス島”
- Korean: “폴레간드로스섬”
- Latin: “Pholegandros”
- Macedonian: “Фолегандрос”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Folegandros”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folégandros”
- Norwegian: “Folegandros”
- Persian: “فولهگاندروس”
- Polish: “Folegandros”
- Portuguese: “Folegandros”
- Romanian: “Folegandros”
- Russian: “Фолегандрос”
- Serbian: “Folegandros”
- Serbian: “Фолегандрос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Folegandros”
- Spanish: “Folégandros”
- Swedish: “Folegandros”
- Turkish: “Bolukendire”
- Ukrainian: “Фолегандрос”
- Urdu: “فولی گینڈروس”
- Vietnamese: “Folegandros”
- Western Armenian: “Ֆոլեղանտրոս”
- Yue Chinese: “科尼幹特羅斯島”
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