Salamis Island
island in the Saronic Gulf near Piraeus, Greece
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Summary
Salamis Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,043 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Islands Regional Unit[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Saronic Gulf[5]
- Instance of: polis[6]
- Postal code: 189 xx[7]
- Commons category: Salamis[8]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[9], UTC+03:00[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: Aegean Sea[11]
- Official website: http://www.salamina.gr[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Salamis Island[13]
- Population: 39,220[14]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[20], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[21]
- Category for people born here: Q17486798[22]
- Native label: Σαλαμίνα[23]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Salamis Island[24]
- Different from: Salamina[25]
- Elevation above sea level: 375 m[26]
- Area: 95 km²[27]
Why It Matters
Salamis Island has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]