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Kefalonia

Kefalonia is believed to have derived its name from the mythological figure Cephalus, the son of Hermes and a hero in ancient Greek legends. This picturesque island, with its captivating landscapes and historical significance, reflects a deep connection to the rich tapestry of Greek mythology and history.
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is a town and a municipality on the island of Kefalonia, , . Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island.

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is a village and a community on the island of Kefalonia, . It is part of the municipal unit of Erisos. It is the northernmost port of Kefalonia, a short distance from .

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is a village located in the municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi, some 39 km south from the island's main town of and 14 km SW of , in the south of Cephalonia, one of the of .

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Leivatho is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, , . Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Kefalonia

Latitude of center
38.25° or 38° 15′ north
Longitude of center
20.5001° or 20° 30′ 0″ east
Population
35,800
Elevation
698 metres (2,290 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2450415605
Geo­Names ID
260310
Wiki­data ID
Q178488
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kefalonia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kephalonia”
  • Albanian: “Qefalonia”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κεφαλληνία”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάμη”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάμος”
  • Arabic: “كيفالونيا”
  • Asturian: “Kefalonia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kefaliniya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kefaloniya”
  • Basque: “Zefalonia”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Кефалінія”
  • Belarusian: “Кефалінія”
  • Bengali: “কেফালিনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “কেফালেনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “কেফালোনিয়া”
  • Bengali: “সেফালোনিয়া”
  • Breton: “Céphalonie”
  • Breton: “Kefalonia”
  • Bulgarian: “Кефалония”
  • Catalan: “Cefalonia”
  • Catalan: “Cefalònia”
  • Catalan: “Kefallonia”
  • Catalan: “Prefectura de Cefalònia”
  • Cebuano: “Kefalonia Island”
  • Central Kurdish: “کێفالونیا”
  • Chinese: “凯法利尼亚岛”
  • Chinese: “凯法洛尼亚岛”
  • Chinese: “凱法利尼亞島”
  • Croatian: “Kefalonija”
  • Czech: “Kefalonia”
  • Czech: “Kefalonie”
  • Danish: “Kefallonia”
  • Danish: “Kefalonia”
  • Dutch: “Cephallenia”
  • Dutch: “Cephalonia”
  • Dutch: “Kefallinia”
  • Dutch: “Kefallinía”
  • Dutch: “Kefallonia”
  • Dutch: “Kefalonia”
  • Dutch: “Kephalonia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيفالونيا”
  • Esperanto: “Cefalonia”
  • Esperanto: “Kefallonia”
  • Esperanto: “Kefalonia”
  • Esperanto: “Kefalonio”
  • Esperanto: “Kephallonia”
  • Estonian: “Kefalleenia”
  • Estonian: “Kefallenia”
  • Estonian: “Kefallinia”
  • Estonian: “Kefallinía”
  • Estonian: “Kefallonia”
  • Estonian: “Kefalloniá”
  • Estonian: “Kefaloniá”
  • Estonian: “Kefaloonia”
  • Faroese: “Kefalonia”
  • Finnish: “Kefallonia”
  • Finnish: “Kefalonia”
  • Finnish: “Kefaloniá”
  • French: “Cephalonie”
  • French: “Céphalonie”
  • Galician: “Cefalonia - Κεφαλονιά”
  • Galician: “Cefalonia-Κεφαλονιά”
  • Galician: “Cefalonia”
  • German: “Cefalonia”
  • German: “Kefalonia”
  • German: “Kephallenia”
  • German: “Kephallonia”
  • German: “Kephalonia”
  • Greek: “Κεφαλληνία”
  • Greek: “Κεφαλλονιά”
  • Greek: “Κεφαλονιά”
  • Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Κεφαλληνίας”
  • Hebrew: “קפלוניה”
  • Hungarian: “Kefaloniá”
  • Indonesian: “Kefallonia”
  • Indonesian: “Kefalonia”
  • Italian: “Cefalonia”
  • Italian: “Kefallinia”
  • Japanese: “ケパレニア”
  • Japanese: “ケパレニア島”
  • Japanese: “ケファリニア”
  • Japanese: “ケファリニア島”
  • Japanese: “ケファレニア”
  • Japanese: “ケファレニア島”
  • Japanese: “ケファロニア”
  • Japanese: “ケファロニア島”
  • Korean: “케팔레니아 섬”
  • Korean: “케팔레니아”
  • Korean: “케팔로니아 섬”
  • Korean: “케팔로니아”
  • Korean: “케팔로니아섬”
  • Kurdish: “Kefalonya”
  • Latin: “Cephallenia”
  • Latin: “Same”
  • Latvian: “Kefalinija”
  • Latvian: “Kefalonija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kefalinija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kefalonija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kefalonijos ir Itakės nomas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kephallonia”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kephalonia”
  • Macedonian: “Кефалонија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cephallenia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cephallonia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefalinia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallinia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallinía”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefallonia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kefalonia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cephallenia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cephallonia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefalinia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallinia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallinía”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefallonia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefalonia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kefaloniá”
  • Norwegian: “Kefallinia”
  • Ossetian: “Кефалини”
  • Persian: “سفالونیا”
  • Persian: “کیفالونیا”
  • Polish: “Kefalinia”
  • Polish: “Kefalonia”
  • Portuguese: “Cefalónia”
  • Portuguese: “Cefalônia”
  • Portuguese: “Kefallinia”
  • Portuguese: “Kefallinía”
  • Portuguese: “Kefallinias”
  • Romanian: “Cefalonia”
  • Romanian: “Kefalonia”
  • Russian: “Кефалиния”
  • Russian: “Кефалления”
  • Russian: “Кефаллония”
  • Russian: “Кефалония”
  • Sardinian: “Cefalonia”
  • Serbian: “Kefalonija”
  • Serbian: “Кефалонија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kefalonija”
  • Sicilian: “Cefalonia”
  • Sicilian: “Cefalònia”
  • Sicilian: “Cifalonia”
  • Sicilian: “Kefalonia”
  • Slovak: “Kefalénia”
  • Slovak: “Kefallénia”
  • Slovak: “Kefallinia”
  • Slovak: “Kefalonia”
  • Slovak: “Kefalónia”
  • Slovak: “Keffalónia”
  • Slovenian: “Kefalonija”
  • Spanish: “Cefalonia”
  • Spanish: “Kefallinia”
  • Spanish: “Kefallinía”
  • Spanish: “Kefalonia”
  • Swedish: “Kefalinia”
  • Swedish: “Kefallenia”
  • Swedish: “Kefallinia”
  • Swedish: “Kefallinía”
  • Swedish: “Kefallonia”
  • Swedish: “Kefalonia”
  • Thai: “Cephalonia”
  • Thai: “เคฟาลลีนีอา”
  • Thai: “เซฟาโลเนีย”
  • Turkish: “Kefalonia”
  • Turkish: “Kefalonya”
  • Ukrainian: “Кефалінія”
  • Ukrainian: “Кефаллінія”
  • Ukrainian: “Кефалонія”
  • Urdu: “کیفالونیا”
  • Uzbek: “Kefaliniya”
  • Vietnamese: “Cephallenia”
  • Vietnamese: “Cephallonia”
  • Vietnamese: “Cephalonia”
  • Vietnamese: “Kefallinia”
  • Vietnamese: “Kefallonia”
  • Vietnamese: “Kefalonia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kefalonia”
  • Welsh: “Ceffalonia”
  • Welsh: “Cephalonia”
  • Welsh: “Kephalonia”
  • Western Armenian: “Քեֆալոնիա”
  • Wu Chinese: “凯法利尼亚岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “凱法利尼亞島”

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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 “Kefalonia”. Photo: Matt Sims, CC BY 2.0.