Kos (Greek: Κως) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes. The island measures 42.1 by 11.5 kilometres. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Kos Town.
Tourism is the main industry in Kos, the island's beaches being the primary attraction. The main port and population centre on the island, Kos town, is also a tourist and cultural centre, with whitewashed buildings including many hotels, restaurants and a number of nightclubs forming the town's "bar street". In 2011, the city of Kos had a population of 19,432.
Kos belonged to the hexapolis, a union of six Doric cities, together with Lindos, Kameiros and Ialyssos located on the island of Rhodes, as well as Halicarnassus and Knidos. Remains of ancient buildings were discovered in the city, including: acropolis, stadium, theater, column porticos, temple of Aphrodite (2nd century BC), Roman odeon and baths, several old Christian basilicas (4th-5th century); museum, hot mineral springs.
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