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Located
west of the mainland of Greece, in the Ionian Sea, Ithaca
is part of the group of island called Ionians, or Eptanissa
(or Heptanese, which means Seven Islands) and is the
second smallest inhabited island of the group, covering
an area of about 95 square kilometres, with a maximum
length of appreciatively 29 kilometres and width of
about 6, 5 kilometres and a coastline measuring 100
kilometres.
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The island of Ithaca is a
mountainous island and its highest peak is the Homeric
Mount Neritos, rising, in the northern part of the island
at an altitude of 800 metres, followed by Mount Petaleiko
in the south and Mount Exogi, in the north.
The island’s capital is Vathy, located in the south-east,
which is the capital of Ithaca since Venetian times. |
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The
population of Ithaca stabilized after 1985 to 3000 inhabitants,
but decreased to 2500 during the 1990’s. Today, a number
of new residents coming from all around Greece because
they have lands in heritage and search for a more natural-quality
way of life and from abroad increased the population
which stands now at around 3700 inhabitants.
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