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( Paros)
Paros (Greek ?????) is an island of Greece in the central Aegean Sea. One of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, with which it is separated by a channel about 8&_160;km (5&_160;mi) wide. It lies approximately 100&_160;nmi (185&_160;km) south-east of Piraeus. Today, Paros is one of the most popular European tourist hotspots. The Municipality of Paros includes numerous uninhabited offshore islets totaling 196.308 km² of land. Its nearest neighbor is the Community of Antiparos, lying to its southwest. Paros also became known for its fine white marble which gave rise to the term Parian which is used for China and fine marbles worldwide.[2] The island has also been called Venetian Paro. Paros' geographic co-ordinates are 37° N. lat, and 25° 10' E. long. The area is 165&_160;km2 (64&_160;sq&_160;mi). Its greatest length from N.E. to S.W. is 13&_160;mi (21&_160;km), and its greatest breadth 10&_160;mi (16&_160;km). The island is of a round, plump-pear shape, formed by a single mountain (724&_160;m (2,375&_160;ft)) sloping evenly down on all sides to a maritime plain, which is broadest on the north-east and south-west sides. The island is composed of marble, though gneiss and mica-schist are to be found in a few places. To the west of Paros lies its smaller sister island Antiparos. At its narrowest, the channel between the two islands is less than 2km wide. A car-carrying shuttle-ferry operates all day (to and from Pounda, 3 miles south of Parikia). In addition a dozen smaller islets surround Paros. Paros has numerous beaches including Chrissí Aktí (Golden Beach, Greece) near Drios on the east coast, at Pounda, Logaras, Piso Livadi, Naousa bay, Parikía and Agía Irini. The constant strong wind in the strait between Paros and Naxos makes it a favoured windsurfing location. The story that Paros was colonized by one Paros of Parrhasia, who brought with him a colony of Arcadians to the island[3] is one of those etymological fictions which abound in Greek legend. Ancient names of the island are said to have been Plateia (or Pactia), Demetrias, Strongyli (meaning round due to the round shape of the island), Hyria, Hyleessa, Minoa and Cabarnis.[4]
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