Corfu
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Summary
Corfu is an island[1]. Corfu ranks in the top 0.38% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,075 views/month, #28 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Corfu Regional Unit[3], Ionian Islands[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ionian Sea[6]
- Capital: Corfu[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Verona[8], Latakia[9], La Baule-Escoublac[10], Gold Coast[11], Meissen[12], Troisdorf[13], Bari[14], Brindisi[15]
- Official residence: Achilleion[16]
- Postal code: 490 82[17], 490 83[18], 490 84[19], 491 00[20]
- Part of: Ionian Islands[21], Ionian Sea[22]
- Commons category: Corfu[23]
- Patron saint: Saint Spyridon[24]
- Has part(s): Ionian University[25], Spianada[26]
- Highest point: Mount Pantokrator[27]
- Located in/on physical feature: Ionian Islands[28]
- Significant event: Siege of Corfu[29], Easter[30]
- Official website: http://www.kerkyra.gr/[31], https://corfu.gr/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Corfu[33]
- Population: 100,854[34], 99,134[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[39], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[41], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[44], Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Corfu[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Corfu[47]
- Native label: Κέρκυρα[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Corfu[49]
- Different from: Corfu[50]
- Length: 61 km[51]
- Area: 626 km²[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Corfu include Corfu International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Greece[55], founded in 1937[56]; Corfu Declaration[57], an agreement[58], in Kingdom of Yugoslavia[59], written by Nikola Pašić[60]; and Corcyre[61], a department of France[62], in French First Republic[63], founded in 1797[64].
Why It Matters
Corfu has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Corfu is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Corfu include Corfu International Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Greece[55], founded in 1937[56]; Corfu Declaration[57], an agreement[58], in Kingdom of Yugoslavia[59], written by Nikola Pašić[60]; and Corcyre[61], a department of France[62], in French First Republic[63], founded in 1797[64].