Rhodes

Details

Instance of

island, polis

Inception

16th century BCE

Part of

Dodecanese

Location

Aegean Sea

Located in

Rhodes Regional Unit

Country

Greece, Kingdom of Italy, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, Delian League, League of Corinth, Achaemenid Empire

Continent

Eurasia

Owned by

Knights Hospitaller

Said to be the same as

Rhodos

Population

115490, 127613

Area

1400.459

Elevation

1215 m

category for maps or plans

Category:Maps of Rhodes

category for people born here

Category:Births in Rhodes

category for people who died here

Category:Deaths in Rhodes

category of associated people

Category:People from Rhodes

described by source

Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, The New Student's Reference Work, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6

highest point

Atavyros

local dialing code

2241, 2244, 2246

located in or next to body of water

Aegean Sea, Lycian Sea, Strait of Rhodes

located in time zone

UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00

located in/on physical feature

Mediterranean Sea, Dodecanese

member of

Organization of World Heritage Cities

native label

Ρόδος

official language

Greek

postal code

85x xx

significant event

Siege of Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes

topic's main category

Category:Rhodes

twinned administrative body

Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, City of Perth, Greece

vehicle registration plate code

ΡΟ

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