# Skopelos > inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece **Wikidata**: [Q212027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212027) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopelos) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/skopelos ## Summary Skopelos is an inhabited Greek island in the Sporades archipelago of the Aegean Sea. It is part of Skopelos Municipality in Greece and is identified in Wikidata with the description "inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece." ## Key Facts - Skopelos is an inhabited island in the Sporades archipelago, located in the Aegean Sea. - Country: Greece (a sovereign state in Southeast Europe; modern founding date recorded as 1821-03-25 in the provided material). - Administrative unit: part of Skopelos Municipality, a municipality in Greece (Skopelos Municipality: country Q41; headquarters ; sitelink_count: 7). - Coordinates: latitude 39.116667, longitude 23.7. - Official website for local administration: http://www.skopelos.gov.gr. - Wikidata description: "inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece." - Wikidata / knowledge graph footprint: sitelink_count for Skopelos entry is 45; wikipedia_title is "Skopelos." - Parent archipelago: Sporades, a Greek island archipelago in the Aegean Sea (Sporades inception recorded as +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z; country: Greece; sitelink_count: 55). - Entity type: island — defined in the source material as a piece of sub-continental land completely surrounded by water (island sitelink_count: 229). ## FAQs Q: Where is Skopelos located? A: Skopelos lies in the Aegean Sea as part of the Sporades archipelago and is within the country of Greece. Its geographic coordinates are latitude 39.116667 and longitude 23.7. Q: What is Skopelos administratively? A: Skopelos is an inhabited island that forms part of Skopelos Municipality, a municipal entity in Greece. The municipality entry in the source material lists Greece as its country and as its headquarters identifier. Q: Does Skopelos have an official website? A: Yes. The official local government website listed for Skopelos is http://www.skopelos.gov.gr. Q: How is Skopelos represented in knowledge bases? A: In the provided structured data, Skopelos has a Wikidata description "inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece," a wikipedia_title "Skopelos," and a sitelink_count of 45. Q: What larger island group does Skopelos belong to and what is known about that group? A: Skopelos belongs to the Sporades archipelago, which is a Greek island archipelago in the Aegean Sea. The Sporades entry in the source material records an inception date of 2011 (formatted +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z), lists Greece as its country, and has a sitelink_count of 55. ## Why It Matters Skopelos matters as a populated island entity within the Greek national and administrative framework. As an inhabited island of the Sporades, Skopelos contributes to Greece’s geographic, cultural, and municipal landscape in the Aegean Sea. Its presence as a distinct municipal component (Skopelos Municipality) ensures local governance and public services can be administered, and its explicit identifiers (coordinates, website, and knowledge-graph metadata) make Skopelos discoverable and verifiable in digital reference systems and mapping applications. For researchers, planners, and information systems, the structured facts—such as geographic coordinates, municipal affiliation, and web presence—enable reliable integration into mapping, travel, administrative, and academic datasets. ## Notable For - Being an inhabited island within the Sporades archipelago of the Aegean Sea. - Forming part of Skopelos Municipality, making it an administrative unit represented in Greek municipal structures. - Having explicit geospatial coordinates (lat 39.116667, lon 23.7) usable for mapping and GIS applications. - Maintaining an official local government website at http://www.skopelos.gov.gr. - Having a clear entry in knowledge bases (Wikidata/Wikipedia identifiers: description "inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece"; wikipedia_title "Skopelos"; sitelink_count 45). ## Body ### Overview Skopelos is defined in the provided sources as an inhabited island in the Sporades archipelago of the Aegean Sea. The island is administratively associated with Skopelos Municipality, a municipal entity recorded in the data with country Q41 (Greece) and a headquarters identifier . The Skopelos entry carries metadata used for reference and linking in knowledge graphs and encyclopedias. ### Location and geography - Geographic setting: Aegean Sea, within the Sporades archipelago. - Coordinates: latitude 39.116667, longitude 23.7. - Classification: island — the source defines "island" as a piece of sub-continental land completely surrounded by water. ### Administrative status - National affiliation: Greece, a sovereign state in Southeast Europe (the provided material records Greece's modern founding date as 1821-03-25). - Local government: part of Skopelos Municipality. The municipality record in the provided material indicates country Q41 (Greece), headquarters , and a sitelink_count of 7. - Official web presence: http://www.skopelos.gov.gr (listed as the website property). ### Knowledge-graph and reference identifiers - Wikidata / Wikipedia footprint: the entity has wikipedia_title "Skopelos" and a sitelink_count of 45, indicating multiple language links or references in Wikimedia projects. - Wikidata description used in the source: "inhabited island in the Sporades, Greece." ### Parent and related entities - Sporades: Skopelos is part of the Sporades archipelago. The Sporades entry supplied in the source notes it is a Greek island archipelago in the Aegean Sea, with an inception date recorded as +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z, country listed as Greece, and a sitelink_count of 55. - Skopelos Municipality: administratively linked to the island; municipality record includes country Q41 and headquarters . - Island (general): the provided "island" concept is included as the related class, defined as land surrounded by water and carrying a sitelink_count of 229. ### Web and mapping data - Website: http://www.skopelos.gov.gr is the official URL provided for the island's local government. - Mapping coordinates: 39.116667 N, 23.7 E can be used to locate Skopelos on mapping services and GIS datasets. ### Metadata and counts - Sitelink counts reflect presence in reference systems: Skopelos sitelink_count = 45; Sporades sitelink_count = 55; Skopelos Municipality sitelink_count = 7; generic "island" sitelink_count = 229. These counts indicate the extent of linkage in the referenced knowledge base for each entity. ### Connections to Greece (context from source) - Country context: Greece is identified as the nation within which Skopelos and the Sporades are located. The supplied material on Greece includes many national-level facts (capital Athens, EU membership, currency euro, etc.), establishing the national framework for Skopelos’s governance and geographic placement. Greece’s recorded inception in the provided dataset is 1821-03-25. ### Data provenance and identifiers - The facts above derive from the provided structured properties and descriptions: website property, coordinates, sitelink counts, wikipedia_title, and linked entities (Skopelos Municipality, Sporades, Greece). The municipality headquarters is given as in the source material; that identifier is part of the administrative record supplied. (End of entry.) ## References 1. GEOnet Names Server. 2018 2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013 3. GeoNames 4. BabelNet