| Naxos | |
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| Currency | euro |
| Surface | 448 |
| Population | 12 089 |
| Tongue | Greek |
| religion | Greek Catholicism |
Naxos - an island in the Aegean Sea, the largest island of the Cyclades archipelago, area 448 km², 12,089 inhabitants (2001), although their number varies strongly depending on the season. The east coast of Náxos is steep and the west is flat. towards the north - pd. a granite mountain range runs through it (with the highest peak, Oxia, 1001 m). Mediterranean climate and vegetation. Famous for its marble deposits, exploited as early as the 3rd millennium BC. (stone figures of deities - idols). Protocyclady and Mycenaean settlement.
It lies in the decentralized administration of the Aegean Islands in the region South Aegean Islands, in the Naxos regional unit, in the municipality of Naxos and Mikres Kiklades.
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