From Wikipedia: Corfu (
Greek: Κέρκυρα,
Kérkyra, IPA:
[ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa]; Ancient Greek: Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα; Latin:
Corcyra;
Italian:
Corfù) is a
Greek island in the
Ionian Sea.
It is the second largest of the
Ionian Islands,
[2] and lies off the
coast of
Sarandë,
Albania, from which it is separated by straits varying in breadth from 3 to 23 km (2 to 15 mi), including one near ancient
Butrint and a longer one west of
Thesprotia.
The island is part of the
Corfu Prefecture, and includes twelve of the sixteen municipalities or communes in the prefecture and over Communities of
Ereikoussa,
Mathraki,
Othonoi, and Municipality of Paxoi, which are all separate islands.
The principal town (pop. 28,185) of the island is also named
Corfu, or Kérkyra in Greek, as is its municipality (pop. 39,487). Corfu is home to the
Ionian University.
Category:Travel and Places
Subcategory:Europe
Subcategory Detail:Greece
Keywords:Corfu, Greece
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