Rhodes

Summary

Rhodes is an island^[1]. Rhodes ranks in the top 0.26% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,303 views/month, #19 of 7,296).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rhodes was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Rhodes is located in Rhodes Regional Unit^[4].
• Rhodes is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Rhodes is on the body of water Aegean Sea^[6].
• Rhodes is on the body of water Lycian Sea^[7].
• Rhodes is on the body of water Strait of Rhodes^[8].
• Rhodes's image is recorded as RhodosStadtzentrum5.JPG^[9].
• Rhodes's continent is recorded as Eurasia^[10].
• Rhodes's instance of is recorded as island^[11].
• Rhodes's instance of is recorded as polis^[12].
• Rhodes's official language is recorded as Greek^[13].
• Rhodes's flag image is recorded as Flag of Rhodes Island.svg^[14].
• Rhodes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza^[15].
• Rhodes's twinned administrative body is recorded as City of Perth^[16].
• Rhodes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Greece^[17].
• Rhodes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 233718569^[18].
• Rhodes's GND ID is recorded as 4049859-1^[19].
• Rhodes's locator map image is recorded as Rhodes (Greece).svg^[20].
• Rhodes's locator map image is recorded as Rhodes location (Greece).svg^[21].
• Rhodes's locator map image is recorded as Rhodes location - Greece.svg^[22].
• Rhodes's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85113742^[23].
• Rhodes's location is recorded as Aegean Sea^[24].
• Rhodes's postal code is recorded as 85x xx^[25].
• Rhodes's part of is recorded as Dodecanese^[26].
• Rhodes's Commons category is recorded as Rhodes^[27].

Body

Founding

-1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Rhodes^[28].

Identity

Rhodes's part of is recorded as Dodecanese^[26].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Rhodes include Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller^[29], a subject of international law^[30], founded in 1310^[31]; Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"^[32], an international airport^[33], in Greece^[34]; Rhodos^[35], an Oceanids^[36]; Siege of Rhodes^[37], a siege^[38]; and Rodion^[39], a male given name^[40].

Why It Matters

Rhodes ranks in the top 0.26% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,303 views/month, #19 of 7,296).^[2] Rhodes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Rhodes is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Rhodes include Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller^[29], a subject of international law^[30], founded in 1310^[31]; Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"^[32], an international airport^[33], in Greece^[34]; Rhodos^[35], an Oceanids^[36]; Siege of Rhodes^[37], a siege^[38]; and Rodion^[39], a male given name^[40].