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Zakynthos

Greek island in the Ionian Sea
Organization island Q144880

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
island, polis[4]
Country
Greece[2]
Official website
www.zakynthos.gr, www.zakynthos.gov.gr[16][17]
Part of
Ionian Islands[12]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 37.800°, 20.750°, 🗺️ 37.783°, 20.900°
Area
+405.55[28]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19][20][21][22][23][24]
Different from
Zakynthos Municipality[26]
Elevation above sea level
+758[27]
Flag
flag of Zakynthos[5]
Local dialing code
26950[14]
Located in or next to body of water
Ionian Sea[3]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Zakynthos Municipality[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Ionian Islands[15]
Native label
Ζάκυνθος[25]
P14586
79713
Patron saint
Dionysios of Zakynthos[13]
Perimeter
+123[29]
Population
+41180[18]
Postal code
290–299[11]
Twinned administrative body
Sulmona, Pavia, Ripatransone, Sagunto, Noci[6][7][8][9][10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Zacynthus en Zante en Zakynthos en Mint of Zacynthus ar زاكينثوس da Zákynthos el Ζάκυνθος es Zacinto fa زاکینتوس fi Zakynthos he זקינתוס hu Zákinthosz it Zacinto ja ザキントス島 ko 자킨토스 pl Zakintos pt Zaquintos ro Zante ru Закинф th เกาะซาคินทอส
🔖 Identifiers · 52
VIAF cluster ID
3220152744523727850004
Library of Congress authority ID
n93039365
GND ID
4076964-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Zakyntos city view.jpg ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-place:6516
Biblissima authority ID
Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
zakynthos
Catalogue of the General State Archives ID
47hd-9h3d-4k9t
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Greece/Prefectures/Zakynthos/
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4955
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
31671
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Zacynthus-island-Greece
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FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
GR28
Freebase ID
/m/01t0n2
GADM ID
GRC.7.1.7_1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-831271
GeoNames ID
251279
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
zacint
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0073057
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Zakynthos, Zákinthos
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
66751
INaturalist place ID
30808
ISO 3166-2 code
GR-21
Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis ID
141
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
15164
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
18663
Lex ID
Zakinthos
MANTO ID
9364186
Museum-digital place ID
103902
MusicBrainz area ID
debe4110-cdc5-4586-ae4f-c5003023cbd4
Münzkabinett ID
location/1865
NE.se ID
zakynthos
NL CR AUT ID
ge129021
National Library of Greece ID
5449
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987013003075905171
Nomisma ID
zacynthus
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3999967
OpenStreetMap relation ID
543822
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
6922
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt39SKxMWLka
Pinakes city ID
640
Pleiades ID
531155
RKD thesaurus ID
44898
SVKKL authority ID
0325067-Zakynthos-recko-ostrov
Topic's main category
Category:Zakynthos
ToposText place ID
378209PZak
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10045703
Vikidia article ID
fr:Zante
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "Zakynthos"]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcgwGcwcf3kDYdP4b9Yyd
YSO ID
178692
Yale LUX ID
place/fc1d1963-d112-43e5-a7c6-834cb60aff15

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🔗 Connections
← Located in/on physical feature 35
Zakynthos, Zakynthos International Airport, Laganas, Katastari, Volimes, Ampelokipoi, Gaitani, Macherado +27 more
People born here 21
Ugo Foscolo, Dionysios Solomos, Ioannis Frangoudis, Miltiadis Gouskos, Charalampos Mavrias, Andreas Kalvos, Ioannis Gennaios Kolokotronis, Carlo II Tocco +13 more
People who died here 10
Andreas Vesalius, Konstantin Aksakov, Leonardo II Tocco, Pavlos Carrer, Ioannis Varvakis, Frank Abney Hastings, Dionysios of Zakynthos, Nikolaos Kantounis +2 more
Twinned administrative body 5
Pavia, Sulmona, Sagunto, Ripatransone, Noci
← Twinned administrative body 5
Pavia, Sulmona, Sagunto, Ripatransone, Noci
← Category combines topics 4
Category:People from Zakynthos, Category:Populated places in Zakynthos, Category:Births in Zakynthos, Category:Deaths in Zakynthos
Described by source 3
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Instance of 2
island, polis
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Named after 2
Zakynthos International Airport, currant
Belongs to 1
Ionian Islands
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Zakynthos
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deaths in Zakynthos
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Zakynthos
Contained subdivisions 1
Zakynthos International Airport
Country 1
Greece
Different from 1
Zakynthos Municipality
Located in or next to body of water 1
Ionian Sea
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Zakynthos Municipality
Located in this place 1
2023 Greece wildfires
Located in/on physical feature 1
Ionian Islands
Part of 1
Ionian Islands
Patron saint 1
Dionysios of Zakynthos
Topic's main category 1
Category:Zakynthos
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Zakynthos
← Different from 1
Zakynthos Municipality
← Place served by transport hub 1
Zakynthos International Airport
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Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Zakynthos include currant[30] and Zakynthos International Airport[31], an international airport[32], in Greece[33].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Zakynthos include currant[30] and Zakynthos International Airport[31], an international airport[32], in Greece[33].

Related Entities

Andreas Vesalius Dionysios Solomos Greece Noci Pavia Ripatransone Sulmona Ugo Foscolo

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  1. [2] ↑ . Nomisma. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium
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  3. 15w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish Encyclopedia ID → 15164
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  4. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 79713
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  5. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0325067-Zakynthos-recko-ostrov
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  6. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ YSO ID: 178692, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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