Oia
Oia is what most people picture in their head when they think of Santorini, and even the Greek islands in general: steep volcanic cliffs with picturesque white houses, churches with deep blue roofs, and iconic windmills that appear lost in time.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 3,380 residents
- Description: village in Thira, Greece
- Also known as: “Apano Meria”, “Epáno Meriá”, and “Oia, Greece”
- Postal code: 84702
Places of Interest
Highlights include Citadel of Oia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thirassia and Imerovigli.
Thirassia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thirassia is a small satellite island of Santorini in the Cyclades. There are five villages on the island, the largest one—which has a population of 150—sharing the same name with the island itself.
Imerovigli
Imerovigli is a small village famous for its beautiful sunset that give it the nickname balcony of the Aegean. It is on Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago, just north of capital Fira.Vourvoulos
Vourvoulos is a village on the island of Santorini in Greece. It is located 3,7 kilometers northeast of the capital Fira, built on a slope facing the east shore of the island.Oia
- Category: locality
- Location: Santorini, Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.4622° or 36° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
25.3757° or 25° 22′ 33″ eastPopulation
3,380Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR OIKOpen location code
8G87F96G+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1842740560OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Oia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أويا، كيكلاديس”
- Arabic: “أويا”
- Armenian: “Օյա”
- Bengali: “ইয়া, গ্রিস”
- Bengali: “ওইয়া”
- Bulgarian: “Иа”
- Bulgarian: “Ойа”
- Bulgarian: “Оя”
- Bulgarian: “Я (село)”
- Cebuano: “Oía”
- Chinese: “伊亚”
- Chinese: “伊亞 (希臘)”
- Chinese: “伊亞”
- Czech: “Oia”
- Dutch: “Oia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اويا”
- Finnish: “Oia”
- Finnish: “Oía”
- French: “Ía”
- French: “Oia”
- German: “Ia (Thira)”
- German: “Ia”
- German: “Oia”
- German: “Oía”
- Greek: “Oía”
- Greek: “Οία Θήρας”
- Greek: “Οία”
- Hebrew: “אויה”
- Indonesian: “Oia, Yunani”
- Italian: “Oia”
- Japanese: “イア (ギリシャ)”
- Japanese: “イア村”
- Luxembourgish: “Oia”
- Macedonian: “Ија”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ía”
- Polish: “Ia (Grecja)”
- Polish: “Oia (Grecja)”
- Russian: “Ия. Санторини”
- Russian: “Ия”
- Serbian: “Иа (Грчка)”
- Serbian: “Ија”
- Spanish: “Oia”
- Swedish: “Oía”
- Thai: “อีอา”
- Turkish: “Oia, Yunanistan”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Oia”. Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.