Corfu
capital of the Greek island and municipality of Corfu
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Summary
Corfu is a city[1]. Corfu ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,058 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands[3], Commune of Kerkyra[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Head of government: Stefanos Poulimenos[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Koper[7], Zemun[8], Brindisi[9], Carovigno[10], Kruševac[11], Paphos[12], Famagusta[13], Meissen[14], Troisdorf[15], Verona[16], Sarandë[17]
- Postal code: 49100[18]
- Commons category: Corfu town[19]
- Licence plate code: KY[20]
- Patron saint: Saint Spyridon[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[22]
- Local dialing code: 2661[23]
- Located in/on physical feature: Corfu[24]
- Significant event: Siege of Corfu[25]
- Official website: https://www.corfu.gr[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Corfu (city)[27]
- Population: 23,541[28], 30,140[29], 31,474[30], 24,838[31]
- Depicted by: Corfu 1972[32]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[36]
- Capital of: Corcyre[37], Septinsular Republic[38], Ionian Islands Region[39], United States of the Ionian Islands[40], Corfu Municipality[41], Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands[42]
- Official name: Κέρκυρα[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Corfu (city)[44]
- Category for people who died here: Q17199796[45]
- Demonym: corfioti[46]
- Native label: Κέρκυρα[47]
- Category for people buried here: Q66124540[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Corfu[49]
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Physical Characteristics
Corfu covers an area of 41.905 km²[50]. Corfu sits at an elevation of 10 m[51].
Why It Matters
Corfu has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Corfu is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]