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The (Northern) Sporades [a] are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,[2] in the Aegean Sea. They consist of 24 islands, four of which are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros.[2] They may also be referred to as the Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες).
Etymology
"Sporades" means "those scattered" (compare with "sporadic"). From
Classical Antiquity the name has referred to the Aegean island groups outside the central archipelago of the Cyclades
.
Geography
In modern geographical parlance, there are five different Sporades groups:
- Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες) or Northern Sporades. Since c. 1960, the term "Sporades" refers mainly to these islands:
- Skopelos
- Alonnisos
- Skiathos
- Skyros
- Kyra Panagia
- Peristera
- Gioura
- Skantzoura
- Piperi
- Tsougria
- Western Sporades (Δυτικές Σποράδες): .
- and smaller island groups
- Ikariaare sometimes appended.
Administration
As part of the 2011
The island of Skyros and a few uninhabited islets in its area are part of the Euboea regional unit and the administrative region of Central Greece.
See also
Notes
- ^ /ˈspɒrədiːz/; Greek: Βόρειες Σποράδες, Vóries Sporádhes [ˈvories spoˈraðes]
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros notes "including Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonnisos."
- ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
Sources
- "Skyros – Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sporades.
- Skiathos Villas (in English)
- Sporades The Official website of the Greek National Tourism Organisation
- Skopelos island Travel Guide since 1999
- Alonnisos island Travel Guide
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