Cyclades

                       
Islander cluster that finds in the southerner and up to the central Aegean, sport ween Crete of - Peloponnese - Evia and the prefectures Samos and Dwdekani'soy. The islands are wetted by the Aegean, the Myrtw'o and the Cretan Sea. The mainer islands of Cyclades are Naxos, ¢ndros, Tinos, Paros, Kea, the Milos, the Amorgos, Ios, the Syra, the Kythnos, Mykonos, Siphnos, the Se'rjfos, the Ci'ra (or Santorini), the Sj'kjnos, the Kj'mwlos, the Fole'gandros, the Anafi, the Antj'paros, the Gya'ros, Heraklions, the Makro'nisos, the Poly'ajgos, the Ri'neja, Vibrating, the Ke'ros, the Cirasj'a, the Despotic and Delos. Round this islands exist a lot of islands and rocky islands.

The N. Cyclades has extent 2.572 t. km and population 100.083 residents. Capital of prefecture is the Ermoy'poli of Syra. Administratively it is divided in eight provinces: ¢ndroy with capital the ¢ndro, Ci'ras with capital the Ci'ra, Kea with capital Kea, Milos with capital the Apple, Naxos with capital Naxos, Paros with capital Paros, Syra with capital the Ermoy'poli and Tinos with capital the Tino.

The ground of Kykladoni'swn is mountainous, kacw's it is constituted by tops of mountains of land that katapontj'stike. The height of mountains is small.
In Naxos is extended the mountain range Zja' (1.004 m.), in the ¢ndro o'ri ¢gjoj Forty (714 m.), Petal (1.003 m.) and Koyvara's (975 m.) in the Tino Tsjknja's (713 m.), in Paros the Prophet Ilj'as (750 m.), in Kea the Prophet Ilj'as (568 m.), in the Apple the o'ri Prophet Ilj'as (751 m.) and Hontro'voyno (620 m.), in the Amorgos Krj'kellos (826 m.) in Ios Tower (737 m.), in the Syra Tower (442 m.), in the Kythnos Stone (333 m.), in Mykonos Anwmerj'tis (364 m.), in Siphnos the ¢gjos Ilj'as (695 m.), in the Ci'ra the Prophet Ilj'as (565 m.), in the Sj'kjno Troy'llos (600 m.) and in the Anafi Vj'gla (484 m.).

The ground of Cyclades is mountainous. Thus do not exist flat extents, but only small valleys and plains Jamatjke's Sources: In the Cyclades exist very many jamatjke's sources. Most important are the Sa'rjza ¢ndroy, that her waters are bottled also the Cermja' Kythnos that is two sources acquaintances from the antiquity.

The islands of Cyclades are rich in mining wealth. From being famous they are the marbles of Naxos, Paros and Tinos and the emery of Naxos.
The climate in the Cyclades is the characteristic climate of Aegean, with soft winter and cool summertime.

The Cyclades are barren islands and thus the cultivable ground are limited. The ground and the climate of prefecture they are offered for dentrokallje'rgejes, with main the cultivation of olive trees. In the prefecture is also developed and the livestock-farming of small animals (ovines), because they do not exist Levadia for big animals. In the Cyclades function enough mines, kacw's all almost the islands are rich in minerals and mining. The fishery is one still serious economic element for the islands, in the sea of which are fished chosen fishes. Serious role in the economy of prefecture, finally, plays also the tourism, so much because the islands are beautiful what for the antiquities that they allocate.

According to the archaeological discoveries the Cyclades prwtokatojki'cikan in their Proj!storjkoy's Years. Her bigger economic and cultural growth is presented in the Ancient Years, during which they developed the been famous Kykladjko' Culture. In the Historical and Classic Years existed allies of Athenians. To the means of 2nd p. X. aj. they devolved to the sovereignty of Romen and fell in decline. In the Byzantine Years ani'kan in the Subject of Aegean and they were tryed by a lot of piratical raids. The 12th aj. kyrjey'tikan from the Venetians and they knew particular acne. 

The 16th aj. they fell in the hands of Turks, from that they were released and were linked with the Greek state 1830.

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