Lefkada
Lefkada is one of the most beautiful islands in the Ionian Sea, with beaches such as Porto Katsiki and Eggremnoi.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Lefkada.
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karya and Agios Ilias.
Lefkada
- Type: Island
- Description: Greek island in the Ionian Sea
- Also known as: “Ajamaura”, “Đảo Lefkada”, “Lefkás”, “Lefkàs”, “Leucada”, “Leúcade”, “Leucadia”, “Leucádia”, “Leucàs”, “Leucas-Λευκάδα”, “Leukadia”, “Leukas”, “Leukàs”, “Levkada”, “Levkás”, “Mint of Leucas”, “Nísos Lefkáda”, “Nísos Levkás”, “Prefectura de Lèucada”, “Левкас”, “Леўкада”, “Леукас”, “ლევკადა”, “레우카스”, “레우카스 섬”, “레프카다 섬”, “레프카다 현”, “レウカス”, “レウカス島”, “レフカス”, “レフカス島”, and “レフカダ”
- Historically known as: “Lefkas”
- Categories: polis and landform
- Location: Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.7167° or 38° 43′ north
Longitude
20.6333° or 20° 38′ east
Population
22,800
Elevation
909 metres (2,982 feet)
Open location code
8GC2PJ8M+M8
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Lefkada” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lefkada”
- Albanian: “Lefkadha”
- Arabic: “ليفكادا”
- Armenian: “Լեֆկաս”
- Azerbaijani: “Lefkada”
- Basque: “Leukada”
- Belarusian: “Леўкас”
- Belarusian: “Лефкас”
- Breton: “Lefkada”
- Bulgarian: “Левкада”
- Catalan: “Lèucada”
- Cebuano: “Lefkada”
- Chinese: “莱夫卡斯岛”
- Chinese: “萊夫卡斯島”
- Chinese: “萊夫卡斯州”
- Czech: “Lefkada”
- Danish: “Lefkas”
- Dutch: “Lefkada”
- Dutch: “Lefkas”
- Esperanto: “Lefkado”
- Estonian: “Lefkáda saar”
- Estonian: “Lefkáda”
- Finnish: “Lefkas”
- French: “Leucade”
- Galician: “Lefkada”
- Galician: “Leucas”
- Georgian: “ლეფკასი”
- German: “Lefkada”
- German: “Lefkas” (historical)
- Greek: “Nísos Lefkás”
- Greek: “Λευκάδα”
- Greek: “Λευκάς”
- Greek: “Νησί Λευκάδα”
- Greek: “Νήσος Λευκάς”
- Hebrew: “לפקדה”
- Hungarian: “Lefkáda”
- Indonesian: “Lefkada”
- Irish: “Lefkada”
- Italian: “Leucade”
- Italian: “Santa Maura” (historical)
- Japanese: “レフカダ島”
- Korean: “레프카다”
- Korean: “레프카다섬”
- Latin: “Leucas”
- Latvian: “Lefkada”
- Lithuanian: “Lefkada”
- Lithuanian: “Leukadė”
- Macedonian: “Левкада”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lefkada”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Levkáda”
- Norwegian: “Lefkada”
- Persian: “لفکادا”
- Polish: “Leukada”
- Portuguese: “Lêucade”
- Portuguese: “Levkas”
- Romanian: “Lefkada”
- Russian: “Лефкас”
- Scots: “Lefkada”
- Serbian: “Lefkada”
- Serbian: “Лефкада”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lefkada”
- Slovak: “Lefkada”
- Slovenian: “Lefkada”
- Spanish: “Léucade”
- Swedish: “Lefkas”
- Tamil: “லெஃப்கடா”
- Turkish: “Lefkada”
- Ukrainian: “Лефкада”
- Urdu: “لیفکاڈا”
- Vietnamese: “Lefkada”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lefkada”
- Western Armenian: “Լեֆքատա”
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