DODEKANISA

The N. Dwdekani'soy is the islander cluster in Aegean, that is fixed B from the N. Samos, VD from the N. Cyclades, D from Cretan Sea, N from the Ljvyko' and A from the Mjkrasjatjke's coasts. The Dodekanisa are constituted by 18 big islands, a lot of smaller and crowd rocky islands.

The bigger islands of Dwdekani'soy are: Rhodes, the Kos, the Karpathos, Kalymnos, the Astypa'laja, the Ka'sos, the Ti'los, Simi, the Leros, the Nj'syros, Patmos, the Kastello'rjzo, the Ha'lki, Incomplete, the Agaconi'sj and the Arkoj'. 

The N. Dwdekani'soy has extent 2.705 t. km and population 162.439 residents. Capital is Rhodes. Administratively it is divided in four provinces: Kalymnos with capital Kalymnos, Karpathos with capital the Karpathos, Kos with capital the Kos and Rhodes with capital Rhodes.

 The ground of islands in the Dodekanisa is barren and petrw'des. The 42% of total extent are flat, the 26% imjorejno' and the 32% mountainous.
The centre of Rhodes covers the mountainous volume of Atavyrj'oy (1.240 m.). In the Kos exists the mountain range Wrome'dwn or Fair (875 m.), in the Karpathos the mountain range Kymara's (1.290 m.), in Kalymnos the mountains Prophet Ilj'as (752 m.) and Dame Tall (650 m.), in the Ka'so Troy'poylas (508 m.), in the Ti'lo ¢i-Lja's (612 m.), in Simi Vj'gla (550 m.), in the Leros Key (350 m.) and in Patmos the Prophet Ilj'as (270 m.).

 Rivers do not exist in the Dodekanisa, par’ all that has abundant waters in torrents and streams Jamatjke's 

Four from the islands they have jamatjke's sources. In Rhodes exists the source of Kalljce'as, hlwronatrjoy'hos cold source with potable water. In the Kos exist the hlwronatrjoy'hes hot sources of Saint Fwka' and Rhodes. In the Nj'syro it is the source Mandrakj'oy, hot aljpigi' and in Kalymnos of omojo'cermi aljpigi' Kalymnos.

The Dodekanisa it is ifajstejogeni' and consequently they allocate important quantities of mining wealth. In Rhodes they exist plaster, hrwmj'tis and lignite, in the Kos coper, iron, lead and lignite, in the Nj'syro sulphur and in the Karpathos and the Ka'so plaster

The climate in the Dodekanisa is the soft climate of islands of Aegean, with soft winters and cool summertimes.
Thus as they are scattered and small the islands, do not present economic unit. Each one has his own economy. In bigger the ground is cultivated intensively. Been famous are their horticultural products. Big also part of residents of islands deals with the sponges peach, that becomes so much in their beach, what in beach of V. Africa. Function still small industries of treatment of rural products and tanneries. Serious role also in the economy of prefecture plays also the tourism. 

The islands have been developed suitably and are from the sport ter resorts tisMesogej'oy.

The Dodekanisa are lived by the Neoljcjki' Season. Were lived from Mykinaj'oys, Ka'res and Palms and developed narrow relations with Crete her period of acne. In the historical years they developed the shipping and the trade and knew big acne. ' They founded in deed colonies in Down Italy, in Sicily and in beach of M. Asia. 
The 5th p.H. aj. they were conquered by ' their Pe'rses and they were compelled to fight against the Greeks. Were released with the end of Persjkw'n of Wars and became members of Athenian Alliance.

In the Byzantine years they constituted the Subject of Islands. Because their geographic place they knew a lot of and devastating raids. The 14th aj. they were granted in the Knights of Saint Jwa'nni.'Ews 15th aj., that ypodoylw'cikan in their Toy'rkoys, they knew economic and intellectual acne.

 At the Ottoman domination they extracted autonomy paying only annual tax. They were released from their Toy'rkoys in 1912, when him occupied the Italians. They were linked with Greece afterwards the end of V’ of World War, with treaty that signed Greece and Italy on 10 February 1947 and which was materialised on 7 March 1948.

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