Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios and north of Patmos, separated from the Turkish coast by the 1.6 kilometer wide Mycale Strait, with 32,642 residents at the 2021 census, the ninth most populous Greek island. An especially rich and powerful city-state in antiquity known for its vineyards and wine, it is home to the Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes the Eupalinian aqueduct, a marvel of ancient engineering, and it was the birthplace of the mathematician Pythagoras, the philosophers Melissus and Epicurus, and the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos, the first known person to propose that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
Site Of
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Source Herodotus (Wikipedia)Article textQuote, Article text
According to the Suda, Herodotus learned the Ionian dialect as a boy living on the island of Samos, to which he had fled with his family from the oppressions of Lygdamis, tyrant of Halicarnassus and grandson of Artemisia.
Found There
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Source Paleobiology Database: Promephitis majoriPrimary reference, paper titleQuote, Primary reference, paper title
A fossil skunk from Samos
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1. Samos (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population
32642
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Samos (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.75, longitude 26.8333
P2046 (area)
area 476.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2021)
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.75,26.8333
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 1036.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 26.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 26.75
37.75 26.75 Csa
5. GeoNames: Samos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 254115Quote, cities500 record 254115
37.75427 26.97699 P PPLA2 GR ESYE41 48 9264 1885 3 Europe/Athens
Wikidata: Samos
Wikidata Q156882, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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