Rhodes

Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos [ˈroðos]) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of land area and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land.

Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe.

Name

The island has been known as Ρόδος in Greek throughout its history. In addition, the island has been called Italian: Rodi, Turkish: Rodos, and Ladino: Rodi or Rodes.

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Rhodes (disambiguation)

Rhodes may refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

Rhodes, the Greek Dodecanese island where the Colossus of Rhodes stood

Rhodes (city), the main settlement on the above island

Rhodes (city), the main settlement on the above island

Rhodes, Moselle, a commune of the Moselle department, France

Rhodes, an area of Middleton, Greater Manchester, England

Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden, cantons in Switzerland sometimes referred to as Appenzell Inner Rhodes and Appenzell Outer Rhodes, respectively

Rhodes, Indiana, an unincorporated community

Rhodes, Iowa, United States of America

Rhodes Hill, a summit of Savage Mountain, Maryland

Rhode Island, United States of America

Rhodes, New South Wales, Australia

Rhodes, Eastern Cape, a small tourist town in South Africa

People

Rhodes (surname)

RHODES (musician), stagename of David Rhodes, a British musician, singer and songwriter

Education and science

Rhodes College, a college in Memphis, Tennessee

Rhodes Singers, concert choir of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

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Rhodes (city)

Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, [ˈroðos]) is the principal city and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It has a population of approximately 90,000 in its metropolitan area. Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The citadel of Rhodes, built by the Hospitalliers, is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe, which in 1988 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city of Rhodes is a popular international tourist destination.

Geography

The city of Rhodes is situated in the north-east tip of the island and forms a triangle from north to south. It is the smallest municipality of the island in terms of land area and the largest in population. It borders the Aegean Sea to the north, the east and the west and with the municipalities of Ialysos and Kallithea in the south.

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Radio Stations - Dimos Rhodes

RADIO STATION	GENRE	LOCATION
Chroma Greek Smooth	Greek	Greece
Radio1 Rodos Ballads	Easy	Greece
ERA Kerkyras	Varied	Greece
Studio1 87.6 Corfu	Greek	Greece
Ksenyxtis Mytilinis	Varied	Greece
Elliniki Radiofonia Mana Ellada	Greek	Greece
Hot FM 104.6	Varied	Greece
Music Galaxy	80s	Greece
Kral FM 107.8 Xanthi	Varied	Greece
Radio Retro 105.4 FM	Varied	Greece
Wave Radio	Alternative	Greece
Peiraiki Ekklisia	Christian,Greek	Greece
Radio Kerkyra 100.1	Greek	Greece
Kalamaria FM 101.7	Greek	Greece
BeRock Online Radio	Rock	Greece
Radio Stagon Kalampaka	Greek	Greece
Radio Amore 87.5 Chania	Greek	Greece
Atlantis FM 105.2	Rock	Greece
Thraki FM 99.8	Greek	Greece
Methorios 96.0	Greek,Classical	Greece
Psychomed Jazz	Jazz,Blues	Greece
ERT Voice of Greece	Varied	Greece
Sfera 91 FM Patmos	Varied	Greece
Radio Art: Greek Art	Greek	Greece
Akous Jazzin	Jazz	Greece
Arion Radio 2	Greek	Greece
88 Miso	Pop	Greece
ERA Kozanis	Varied	Greece
Action Radio Konitsa	Top 40	Greece
Polis 102.6	Greek	Greece
Traffic FM 91.8 Irakleio	Pop,Dance,R&B	Greece
ERT Trito	Classical	Greece
Psychomed Live	Jazz,Pop,Greek,World	Greece
Dromos 89.8 FM	Pop,Greek	Greece
RockaRolla Radio	Rock	Greece
Radio Art: Wolfgang A. Mozart	Classical	Greece
Boom Radio	80s,70s,Dance	Greece
Kastoria FM 91,5	News,Greek	Greece
Radio Thalassa	Pop,Greek	Greece
Apolausi Radio	Greek	Greece
Galaxy 106.1 Patras	Adult Contemporary	Greece
Kiss FM 96.1 Irakleio	Varied	Greece
xylem	Jazz,Electronica,Indie	Greece
radiophone.gr	Varied	Greece
GALAXY 92 FM	Varied,Soft Rock,Pop	Greece
Chroma Classical	Classical	Greece
Orange 93.2	Pop	Greece
Radio Arhaggelos 94.1	Greek	Greece
ERA Xanion	Varied	Greece
Erotokritos 87.9	Greek	Greece
Omorfi Poli 89.9 FM	Greek,World Mediterranean	Greece