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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Chios]] prefecture
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| [[Provinces of Greece|Provinces]]: || none
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| Seat: || Psara
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 38.406/38°34'09" N lat.25.1267/25°35'04" E long
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank|| 438   
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| [[Aegean Sea]] 5 m (centre) 526
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| Number of communities: || Psara (Only)
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 821 04
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-(00)30-[[Greece dialing codes beginning with 227|22740]]-6
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 5410
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>XI</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || PSA ('''Psa'''ra)
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| Name of inhabitants: || Psarian ''sing.'' s ''pl.''
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'''Psara''' (Greek: Ψαρά) is a [[Greece|Greek]] island in the [[Aegean Sea]]. It lies 44 [[nautical mile]]s north-west of [[Khios]] as well as 22 km (about 13 nmi) from the northwestern point of the island of Khios and 150 km (about 75 nmi)ENE of [[Athens]]. The length and width is about 7 x 8 km and the area of the island is 43 km². It has been inhabited since the [[Mycenaean period]], and its inhabitants have always relied on the sea to make a living. The municipality include the small island of [[Antipsara]] and is one of the two in the prefecture that only have one community and one of the few in Greece that only contain one settlement. located almost directly to the west. Psara also has a small port linking to the island of Chios and other parts of Greece.

Psara joined the [[Greek War of Independence]] on [[April 10]], [[1821]]. A noted native naval leader of the time was future [[Prime Minister of Greece]] [[Constantine Kanaris]].
The island was invaded on [[June 21]], [[1824]] by Egyptian forces under the command of [[Ibrahim Pasha]].
A part of the population managed to flee the island, but those who didn't were either sold into slavery or slaughtered. More than 15,000 Greeks were massacred. The island was deserted and surviving islanders were scattered through what is now Southern Greece. [[Theophilos Kairis]], a priest and scholar, took on many of the orphaned children and developed the famous school the [[Orphanotrophio of Theophilos Kairis]].

Modern Psara is inhabited by fewer than 1,000 people, all of which inhabit the single small village on the island, also called Psara as well as its municipality.

The landmark includes a castle.

==Other==

Psara has a school, a church, a post office, a port and a square (''plateia'').

==Historical population==
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| [[1981]] || 460 || - 
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| [[1991]] || 438 || -22/-4.78% 
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==External links==

*http://www.chios.com.island/psara.htm (also in German and Greek)
*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Psara&country=GR Mapquest - Psara], street map not yet available

==See also==

*[[Communities of the Chios prefecture]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Islands of Greece]]
[[Category:North Aegean]]

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