Cos, also spelled Kos, was a city-state of ancient Greece on the island of the same name in the Aegean Sea, a member of the religious and political confederation known as the Dorian Pentapolis. The city was repopulated around 366 BC by settlers from the nearby town of Astypalaea, was fortified by the Athenian commander Alcibiades near the end of the Peloponnesian War after standing unwalled under Athenian control, and was later destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt under the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. Its remains lie near the modern town of Kos in Greece.
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Latitude36.893333 degrees north 2 Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Greece: Regions and Agglomerations
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2021-10-22 census column (Kos Town)Quote, Cities table, 2021-10-22 census column (Kos Town)
Kos [ Kos Town ] Sett NAI Κως 14,799 17,894 19,432 21,429 0
2. Cos (city) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 36.893333, longitude 27.290278
Cos (city) (Wikipedia)
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