"Sporades" means "those scattered" (compare with "sporadic"). From Classical Antiquity the name has referred to the Aegean island groups outside the central archipelago of the Cyclades.
Geography
In modern geographical parlance, there are five different Sporades groups:
Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες) or Northern Sporades. Since c. 1960, the term "Sporades" refers mainly to these islands:
Sporades The Official website of the Greek National Tourism Organisation
Skopelos island Travel Guide since 1999
Alonnisos island Travel Guide
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sporades, genus, beetle, beetle, northern, greek, Βόρειες, Σποράδες, vóries, sporádhes, ˈvories, spoˈraðes, archipelago, along, east, coast, greece, northeast, island, euboea, aegean, they, consist, islands, four, which, permanently, inhabited, alonnisos, skia. For the genus of beetle see Sporades beetle The Northern Sporades ˈ s p ɒr e d iː z Greek Boreies Sporades Vories Sporadhes ˈvories spoˈrades are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece northeast of the island of Euboea 1 in the Aegean Sea They consist of 24 islands four of which are permanently inhabited Alonnisos Skiathos Skopelos and Skyros 1 They may also be referred to as the Thessalian Sporades 8essalikes Sporades Sporades Perifereiakh enothtaSporadwnRegional unitThe SporadesThe Sporades within the Aegean SeaCoordinates 39 7 N 23 43 E 39 117 N 23 717 E 39 117 23 717 Coordinates 39 7 N 23 43 E 39 117 N 23 717 E 39 117 23 717CountryGreeceRegionThessaly Central GreeceArea Total275 7 km2 106 4 sq mi Population 2011 Total13 798 Density50 km2 130 sq mi Time zoneUTC 2 Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Contents 1 Etymology 2 Geography 3 Administration 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksEtymology Edit Sporades means those scattered compare with sporadic From Classical Antiquity the name has referred to the Aegean island groups outside the central archipelago of the Cyclades Geography EditIn modern geographical parlance there are five different Sporades groups Thessalian Sporades 8essalikes Sporades or Northern Sporades Since c 1960 the term Sporades refers mainly to these islands Skopelos Alonnisos Skiathos Skyros Kyra Panagia Peristera Gioura Skantzoura Piperi Tsougria Thracian Sporades 8rakikes Sporades Thasos Samothrace Imbros Lemnos and Agios Efstratios Western Sporades Dytikes Sporades Salamis Aigina Poros Hydra Spetses and the other islands of the Saronic Gulf and the Myrtoan Sea Eastern Sporades Anatolikes Sporades i e the islands of the eastern and northeastern Aegean near the coast of Asia Minor Samos Ikaria Lesbos Chios Tenedos Psara Oinousses and smaller island groups Southern Sporades Noties Sporades i e the Dodecanese to which group Samos and Ikaria are sometimes appended Administration Edit Sporades regional unit As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform the Sporades Regional Unit Perifereiakh Enothta Sporadwn was created out of part of the former Magnesia Prefecture region of Thessaly The regional unit is subdivided into 3 municipalities These are 2 Skiathos 1 Skopelos 3 Alonnisos 2 The island of Skyros with a few uninhabited islets in its area are part of the Euboea regional unit and the administrative region of Central Greece See also EditList of islands of GreeceReferences Edit a b Skyros Britannica Concise description Britannica Concise 2006 webpage EB Skyros notes including Skiathos Skopelos Skyros and Alonnisos FEK A 87 2010 Kallikratis reform law text in Greek Government Gazette Sources Edit Skyros Britannica Concise description Britannica Concise 2006 webpage EB Skyros External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sporades Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article Sporades Skiathos Villas in English Sporades The Official website of the Greek National Tourism Organisation Skopelos island Travel Guide since 1999 Alonnisos island Travel GuideThis article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Greek March 2019 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Greek article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 306 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Greek Wikipedia article at el Sporades see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated el Sporades to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This Thessaly location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sporades amp oldid 1093574491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
