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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Cyclades]]
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| [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Naxos Province|Naxos]] (capital)
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| Seat: || '''Naxos'''
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 37.373833/37°22'29" N lat.24.010378/24°6'13" E long
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density  - Rank|| 9,824 /km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| [[Aegean Sea]] 11 m (centre) northeastern part
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| Number of towns, villages and settlements: || -
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 844 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-(00)30-[[Greece dialing codes beginning with 228|22840]]-2
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 2130
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>EP</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || NAX ('''Nax'''os)
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| Name of inhabitants: || Naxian ''sing.'' s ''pl.''
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| Website: || [http://www.naxos.gr www.naxos.gr]
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'''Naxos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ναξος; is the largest island (428 km&sup2) in the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]]. The island was the centre of archaic [[Cyclades|Cycladic]] culture, then part of classical Greek culture, and is part of modern [[Greece]]. It is a popular tourist destination, with easily accessible ruins. One set of ruins is what is left of a temple built on a rocky beach. Long ago there was an earthquake sending most of the temple into the sea. Still standing, however, are two columns with a single lintel across them. The remains of the structure resting in the sea can be seen from the shore and explored by swimmers.

Naxos has many very beautiful beaches, such as those at Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Castraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios at [[Hora, Greece|Hora]], the capital of the island, which has 7,000 inhabitants.

Naxos is famous as the most fertile island of the Cyclades. It has a good supply of water in a region where water is usually inadequate. Mount Zas (1,004 metres) is the highest peak in the Cyclades, and tends to trap the clouds, permitting greater rainfall.

==Historical population==
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| [[1981]] || 3,884 || - || - || - || 14,037 || - || 32.8/km²
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| [[1991]] || 4,334 || 450/11.49% || 9,824 || - || 14,838 || 801/5.7% || 34.69/km²
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==Mythic Naxos==
Homer mentions "Dia"; literally the sacred island "of the Goddess". Karl Kerenyi, speaking for the ancient Greeks explains
:""This name, Dia, which means 'heavenly' or 'divine', was applied to several small craggy islands in our sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as [[Crete]] or [[Naxos, Greece|Naxos]]. The name "Dia" was even transferred to the island of Naxos itself, since it was more widely supposed than any other to have been the nuptial isle of [[Dionysus]]". (Kerenyi 1951 pp271-2)

According to mythology, in the Heroic Age before the Trojan War, on this island [[Theseus]] abandoned [[Ariadne]], daughter of [[Minos]], King of [[Crete]], after she had helped him kill the [[Minotaur]] and to escape from the [[Labyrinth]]. [[Dionysus]], god of the island and protector of wine, festivities, and the primal energy of life, met her and fell in love with her. But Ariadne, unable to bear her separation from Theseus, killed herself, according to the Athenians, or ascended to heaven, as the older versions had it.

==Reference==
*Kerenyi, Karl 1951. ''The Gods of the Greeks''.

==Revolt of Naxos==
In [[502 BCE]] the inhabitants of Naxos rebelled against their masters in the Persian Empire; this revolt led to the larger [[Ionian Revolt]], and then to the [[Persian War]] between [[Greece]] and Persia.

==Greek and Byzantine Naxos==
During the [[8th century BCE|8th]] and [[7th century BCE|7th]] centuries BC, Naxos dominated commerce in the [[Cyclades]].

==The Dukes of Naxos==

In the aftermath of the [[Fourth Crusade]], with a Latin Emperor under the influence of the Venetians established at [[Constantinople]], the Venetian Marco Sanudo conquered the island and soon captured the rest of the islands of the Cyclades, establishing himself as Duke of Naxia, or Duke of the Archipelago. Twenty-one dukes in two dynasties ruled the Archipelago, until [[1566]]; Venetian rule continued in scattered islands of the Aegean until [[1714]].

==Ottoman Naxos, 1564–1821==
The Ottoman administration remained essentially in the hands of the Venetians; the Porte's concern was satisfied by the returns of taxes. Very few Turks ever settled on Naxos, and Turkish influence on the island is slight. Turkish sovereignty lasted until [[1821]], when the islands revolted; Naxos finally became a member of the Greek state in 1832.

==Other==

Naxos has schools, lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary school), churches, a post office and squares (''plateies'').

==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ikarosstudios/naxos/ Naxos Island Guide] - Naxos travel guide
*[http://www.geocities.com/ikarosstudios/ Accommodation in Naxos] - Naxos Studios & Apartments
*[http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/Naxos.asp "Naxos" from encyclopedia.com]
*[http://www.fast.net.au/tancarville/libro%20d%27Oro/naxos.html Detailed notes on the Venetian adventurers]
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=24.010378&longitude=36.373833&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=24.010378&lons1=36.149&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=36.010378,24.667 Google]
**Satellite images: [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.010378,24.07683&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] - image not yet available

==See also==
*[[Communities of the Cyclades]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:The Cyclades]]
[[Category:Islands of Greece]]

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 *[[Anthimus III of Constantinople|Anthimus III]], [[Patriarch of Constantinople]]
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-'''Naxos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ναξος; is the largest island (428 sq. km.) in the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]].  The island was the centre of archaic [[Cyclades|Cycladic]] culture, then part of classical Greek culture, and is part of modern [[Greece]].  It is a popular tourist destination, with easily accessible ruins.  One set of ruins is what is left of a temple built on a rocky beach.  Long ago there was an earthquake sending most of the temple into the sea.  Still standing, however, are two columns with a single lintel across them.  The remains of the structure resting in the sea can be seen from the shore and explored by swimmers.
+'''Naxos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νάξος); is the largest island (428 sq. km.) in the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]].  The island was the centre of archaic [[Cyclades|Cycladic]] culture, then part of classical Greek culture, and is part of modern [[Greece]].  It is a popular tourist destination, with easily accessible ruins.  One set of ruins is what is left of a temple built on a rocky beach.  Long ago there was an earthquake sending most of the temple into the sea.  Still standing, however, are two columns with a single lintel across them.  The remains of the structure resting in the sea can be seen from the shore and explored by swimmers.
 Naxos has many very beautiful beaches, such as those at Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Castraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios at [[Hora, Greece|Hora]], the capital of the island, which has 7,000 inhabitants.

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 '''Naxos''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Νάξος); is the largest island (428 sq. km.) in the [[Cyclades]] island group in the [[Aegean Sea]].  The island was the centre of archaic [[Cyclades|Cycladic]] culture, then part of classical Greek culture, and is part of modern [[Greece]].  It is a popular tourist destination, with easily accessible ruins.  One set of ruins is what is left of a temple built on a rocky beach.  Long ago there was an earthquake sending most of the temple into the sea.  Still standing, however, are two columns with a single lintel across them.  The remains of the structure resting in the sea can be seen from the shore and explored by swimmers.
-Naxos has many very beautiful beaches, such as those at Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Castraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios at [[Hora, Greece|Hora]], the capital of the island, which has 7,000 inhabitants.
+Naxos has many very beautiful beaches, such as those at Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Castraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios at [[Naxos (city)|Hora]], the capital of the island, which has 7,000 inhabitants.
 Naxos is famous as the most fertile island of the Cyclades.  It has a good supply of water in a region where water is usually inadequate.  Mount Zas (1,004 metres) is the highest peak in the Cyclades, and tends to trap the clouds, permitting greater rainfall.
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 ==Revolt of Naxos==
-In [[502 BCE]] the inhabitants of Naxos rebelled against their masters in the Persian Empire; this revolt led to the larger [[Ionian Revolt]], and then to the [[Persian War]] between [[Greece]] and Persia.
+In [[502 BC]] the inhabitants of Naxos rebelled against their masters in the Persian Empire; this revolt led to the larger [[Ionian Revolt]], and then to the [[Persian War]] between [[Greece]] and Persia.
 ==Greek and Byzantine Naxos==
-During the [[8th century BCE|8th]] and [[7th century BCE|7th]] centuries BC, Naxos dominated commerce in the [[Cyclades]].
+During the [[8th century BCE|8th]] and [[7th century BC|7th]] centuries BC, Naxos dominated commerce in the [[Cyclades]].

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 ==Mythic Naxos==
 Homer mentions "Dia"; literally the sacred island "of the Goddess". Karl Kerenyi, speaking for the ancient Greeks explains
-:""This name, Dia, which means 'heavenly' or 'divine', was applied to several small craggy islands in our sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as [[Crete]] or [[Naxos, Greece|Naxos]]. The name "Dia" was even transferred to the island of Naxos itself, since it was more widely supposed than any other to have been the nuptial isle of [[Dionysus]]". (Kerenyi 1951 pp271-2)
+:""This name, Dia, which means 'heavenly' or 'divine', was applied to several small craggy islands in our sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as [[Crete]] or [[Naxos]]. The name "Dia" was even transferred to the island of Naxos itself, since it was more widely supposed than any other to have been the nuptial isle of [[Dionysus]]". (Kerenyi 1951 pp271-2)
 According to mythology, in the Heroic Age before the Trojan War, on this island [[Theseus]] abandoned [[Ariadne]], daughter of [[Minos]], King of [[Crete]], after she had helped him kill the [[Minotaur]] and to escape from the [[Labyrinth]]. [[Dionysus]], god of the island and protector of wine, festivities, and the primal energy of life, met her and fell in love with her. But Ariadne, unable to bear her separation from Theseus, killed herself, according to the Athenians, or ascended to heaven, as the older versions had it.