Astypalaia

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Astypalaia Αστυπάλαια
Astypalaia (harbour)
Astypalaia
Location within the region [show]
Coordinates: 36°33′N 26°21′ECoordinates: 36°33′N 26°21′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	South Aegean
Regional unit	Kalymnos
Area
• Municipality	96.85 km2(37.39 sq mi)
Highest elevation	506 m (1,660 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
• Municipality	1,334
• Municipality density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Community
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	859 00
Area code(s)	22430
Vehicle registration	ΚΧ, ΡΟ, ΡΚ
Website	astipalea.org

Astypalaia (Greek: Αστυπάλαια, pronounced [astiˈpalea]), known in Italian as Stampalia and in Ottoman Turkish as İstanbulya(استانبوليه), is a Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census). It belongs to the Dodecanese, an archipelago of twelve major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea.

The island is 18 kilometres (11 miles) long, 13 kilometres (8 miles) wide at the most, and covers an area of 97 km².^[2] Along with numerous smaller uninhabited offshore islets (the largest of which are Sýrna and Ofidoussa), it forms the Municipality of Astypalaia, which is part of the Kalymnos regional unit. The capital and the previous main harbour of the island is Astypalaia or Chora, as it is called by the locals

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