Symi

Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi, is a island and municipality. It is mountainous and has the harbour town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller population centres, beaches and areas of significance in history and mythology.
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  • Type: Town with 2,350 residents
  • Description: Greek island in Dodecanese
  • Also known as: Sími” and “Sombeki
  • Postal code: 85600

Symi

Latitude
36.6133° or 36° 36′ 48″ north
Longitude
27.838° or 27° 50′ 17″ east
Population
2,350
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR SYM
Open location code
8G89JR7Q+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1832440972
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
253858
Wiki­data ID
Q429430
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Symi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سيمي
  • Armenian: Սիմի
  • Armenian: Սիոմի
  • Catalan: Sime
  • Catalan: Simi
  • Cebuano: Nísos Sými
  • Central Kurdish: سیمی
  • Chinese: 錫米島
  • Czech: Symi
  • Danish: Simi
  • Dutch: Simi
  • Dutch: Symi
  • Esperanto: Simi
  • Faroese: Symi
  • Finnish: Sými
  • French: Sými
  • Galician: Symi - Σύμη
  • Galician: Symi
  • German: Symi
  • Greek: Σύμη
  • Hebrew: סימי
  • Hungarian: Szími
  • Italian: Simi
  • Japanese: シミ
  • Japanese: シミ島 (ドデカネス諸島)
  • Japanese: シミ島
  • Japanese: シュミ島
  • Latin: Syme
  • Latvian: Sime
  • Macedonian: Сими
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Symi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sými
  • Norwegian: Symi
  • Persian: سیمی
  • Polish: Simi
  • Portuguese: Simi
  • Russian: Сими
  • Serbian: Сими
  • Serbo-Croatian: Simi
  • Slovak: Symi
  • Spanish: Symi
  • Swedish: Nísos Sými
  • Swedish: Symi
  • Turkish: Sömbeki
  • Ukrainian: Симі
  • Vietnamese: Symi
  • Western Armenian: Սիմի

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