The municipality has an area of 290,313 km 2, and has a municipal unit of 67.200 km 2. The present municipality of Kos was created in 2011 with the merger of three municipalities, which became municipal units: Kos has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate.Ĭlimate data for Kos Sewage Plant weather station (37m) Smaller ones are Zia, Zipari, Platani, Lagoudi and Asfendiou.
In addition to the main town and port, also called Kos, the main villages of Kos island are Kardamena, Kefalos, Tingaki, Antimachia, Mastihari, Marmari and Pyli. The island has several promontories, some with names known in antiquity: Cape Skandari, anciently Scandarium or Skandarion in the northeast Cape Lacter or Lakter in the south and Cape Drecanum or Drekanon in the west. Its coastline is 112 kilometres (70 miles) long and it extends from west to east. The word is also an adjective, as in "Koan goods". Ī person from Kos is called a "Koan" (or "Coan") in English. In The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, the author misunderstands this and treats Lango and Kos as distinct islands. Under the rule of the Knights Hospitaller of Rhodes, it was known as Lango or Langò, presumably because of its length.
the similar Istanbul and Stimpoli, Crete. In many Romance languages, Kos was formerly known as Stancho, Stanchio, or Stinco, and in Ottoman and modern Turkish it is known as İstanköy, all from the reinterpretation of the Greek expression εις την Κω 'to Kos' cf. Other ancient names include Meropis, Cea, and Nymphaea. The name Kos ( Ancient Greek: Κῶς, genitive Κῶ) is first attested in the Iliad, and has been in continuous use since.
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