Sikinos

Coordinates: 36°40′32″N 25°6′58″E / 36.67556°N 25.11611°E / 36.67556; 25.11611
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Sikinos
Σίκινος
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
840 10
Area code(s)22860
Vehicle registrationEM
Websitewww.sikinos.gr, http://www.photosikinos.com

Sikinos (

Ios and Folegandros. Sikinos is part of the Thira regional unit.[2]

It was known as Oenoe or Oinoe (

Ios, in being quiet and relatively less developed. There are two villages, "Allopronia" on the south sea side, being the port, and another higher up in the hills being the chora. The chora up on the hills is composed of two settlements adjacent to each other, "Castro" to the west and "Chorio" to the east. There are a handful of tavernas in the chora and harbor. The beach at the harbor is one of two large sandy beaches on the island. Several ancient ruins rest on the island, although some are remote. There are three paved roads, one built to connect to the heliport and the other sandy beach, and there are several well-maintained dirt roads, and seven mapped footpaths. Much of the island is very difficult to access due to the terrain. Nearly all of the island's area is covered by terraces once used for extensive agriculture. Now only a handful are used across the island, most operating on government subsidies. The municipality had 253 inhabitants at the 2021 census. It includes the uninhabited island of Kardiotissa and other uninhabited islets. Its total land area is 42.507 square kilometres (16.412 sq mi).[3]

In antiquity, the island contained a town of the same name.

Athenian
maritime empire. There are some remains of the ancient city situated upon a lofty and rugged mountain.

There is also still extant an ancient temple of the

Theodore Bent and his wife in January 1884.[10] In 2022, the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades was granted the Europa Nostra Award for its work excavating and restoring the monument, now considered a Roman mausoleum and later Byzantine church.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού κατά δημοτική κοινότητα" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 21 April 2023.
  2. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
  3. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
  4. ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 19
  5. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.484. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  6. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.31.
  7. ^ Smith 1854, s.v. Sicinos; Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.625-626. See also Etymologicum Magnum, s.v. Σίχινος (712.51).
  8. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 8.4.
  9. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sikinos". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  10. ^ Theodore Bent, The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks, 1885, London, p.176.
  11. ^ Diocese of Sikinos: A unique monument is dedicated to the public today’ (accessed January 2023).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sicinos". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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