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The
Greek peninsula, the Europe’s south-eastern tip, has an area of 131,944
square kilometres, and consists of mainland Greece (Attica, the
Peloponnese, Sterea Ellada,Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace) and the
islands of the Aegean and Ionian seas. Geographically it belongs
to Europe since it forms the most southerly extremity of the Balkan
peninsula but is also has a special link with Europe through the small
entity of the Ionian Islands which form a chain off Greece’s western
shores in the Ionian sea.
Corfu,
situated in the Ionian Sea,
lies just off the westcoast of the
Greek mainland and is about 64km (39.75 miles) long and 29km (18 miles)
across at the widest point.
Facts
and Figures of Corfu Island
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Length: |
63km / 39.15 miles |
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Width: |
18 km / 11.18 miles |
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Area: |
570 square km / 354.18 square miles |
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Highest point: |
906 m (Mt. Pantocrator) |
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Population of
Island: |
113.479 (2001) |
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Population of Corfu
Town: |
41.048 (2001) |
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Largest Export: |
Olive Oil |
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Sea temperature: |
13C min / 26C max |
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Average summer
temperature: |
28C |
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Average winter
temperature: |
16C |
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Hottest months: |
July / August |
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Coldest months: |
January / February |
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No of villages: |
209 |
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No of hotels: |
206 |
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1 kilometer =
0.621371192 mile |
Known as
Kerkyra in Greece, it is the most northernmost
and second largest in the group of
Ionian
Islands (there being seven in total :Paxos, Lefkada, Cephalonia, Ithaki,
Zakinthos, Kithira and Corfu).
Corfu is
mountainous with the highest peak Pantokrator (906 meters). There are
several flat areas, the largest being the Ropa Valley.
There
are two lakes, Korission (south) and Antinioti (north), and four
small rivers in Potamos, Sidari, Messonghi and Lefkimmi.
The
climate is mild without being bitterly cold in winter, with many hours
of sunshine throughout the year. Often referred to as Smaragd Island,
Corfu is considered to be the greenest place in Greece.
 
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