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| [[Prefecture]]: || [[Cyclades]]
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| [[Provinces of Greece|Province]]: || [[Milos Province|Milos]]
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| Seat: || '''Siphnos''' or '''Sifnos'''
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 37.9845/37°59'5" N lat.24.667/24°40'5" E long
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| Population: ([[1991]])  - Total  - Density  - Rank|| 1,095 /km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| [[Aegean Sea]] 2 m (centre) 679 m ([[Profitis Ilias (Sifnos)|Profitis Ilias]]
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| Number of towns, villages and settlements: || 7
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 840 03
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-(00)30-[[Greece dialing codes beginning with 228|22840]]-3
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || -
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>EP</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || KMR ('''K'''a'''m''''a'''r'''es)
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| Website: || [http://www.sifnos.gr www.sifnos.gr]
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'''Sifnos''' (Greek: Σίφνος) is an island in the [[Cyclades]] complex in [[Greece]].

Sifnos lies in the less touristy western half of the Cyclades between [[Serifos]] and [[Milos]] and is also located west of [[Delos]] and [[Paros]] and is about 130 km (80 nautical miles) from [[Piraeus]] and 130 km south of [[Athens]]. It has an area of 74 sq. km and is 15 km long and 7.5 km wide. and a shoreline of 70 km, with a permanent population of approximatly 2000. The island can be reached by ferries which run on the Piraeus- [[Kythnos]]- Serifos- Sifnos- Milos- [[Kimolos]] line. There are also infrequent sailings to other islands in the Cyclades.

Sifnos was very wealthy in ancient times, thanks to its gold and silver mines. Proof of this, is the treasury which the Siphnians built at [[Delphi]] in the 6th century BC to house their offerings. However, it appears that something went wrong with the mines; either they were worked out or flooded by the sea -we do not know which- and their production ceased. In ancient times, Siphnos's wealth was measured by the gold and silver it produced, in the last two centuries it can be measured by its cultural output.

100 m from the coastline features a village named Kastro.

==Historical population==
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| [[1991]] || - || 103 || - || 1,960 || 26.4864/km²
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==Communities==

*[[Apollonia (Sifnos)|Apollonia]]
*[[Artemo]]
*[[Faros (Sifnos)|Faros]]
*[[Kastro (Sifnos)|Kastro]]
*[[Platys Gialos (Sifnos)|Platys Gialos]]
*'''Sifnos''', also '''Kamares Sifnou'''
*[[Vathy (Sifnos)|Vathy]]

==Other==

Siphnos has a few schools, a few lyceums, a church, a post office and a few squares (''plateies'').

==External links==
*[http://www.travel-to-sifnos.com Sifnos guide]
*[http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=244 Greek Travel Pages]
*'''Map and aerial photos''':
**Street map: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=24.667&longitude=-36.9855&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest], [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=24.667&lons1=-36.9845&alts1=35 MapPoint] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=36.9845,24.667 Google]

==See also==

*[[Communities of the Cyclades]]

{{Credit wikipedia}}

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

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 *[[Kastro (Sifnos)|Kastro]]
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 *[[Vathy (Sifnos)|Vathy]]

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 *[[Apollonia (Sifnos)|Apollonia]]
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 *[[Faros (Sifnos)|Faros]]
 *[[Kastro (Sifnos)|Kastro]]

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