Thasos

Thasos Περιφερειακή ενότητα / Δήμος Θάσου
Regional unit
Limenas Thasou
Thasos within East Macedonia and Thrace
Coordinates: 40°41′N 24°39′E / 40.683°N 24.650°E / 40.683; 24.650Coordinates: 40°41′N 24°39′E / 40.683°N 24.650°E / 40.683; 24.650
Country	Greece
Region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Capital	Thasos
Area
• Total	380.097 km2 (146.756 sq mi)
Elevation	1,205 m (3,953 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	13,770
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Postal codes	640 04
Area codes	25930
Car plates	ΚΒ
Website	www.thassos.gr

Thasos or Thassos (Greek: Θάσος) is a Greek island, geographically part of the North Aegean Sea, but administratively part of the Kavala regional unit. It is the northernmost Greek island, and 12th largest by area. Thasos is also the name of the largest town of the island (officially known as Limenas Thasou, "Port of Thasos"), situated at the northern side, opposite the mainland and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Keramoti. Thassos island is a known from the ancient times for its termae making it a climatic and balneoclimateric resort area.

Thasos' economy relies on timber (it is rich in forests), marble quarries, olive oil and honey. Tourism has also become important since the 1960s, although not to the level of other Greek islands.

Lying close to the coast of Eastern Macedonia, Thasos was inhabited from the Palaeolithic period onwards, but the earliest settlement to have been explored in detail is that at Limenaria, where remains from the Middle and Late Neolithic relate closely to those found at the mainland's Drama plain. In contrast, Early Bronze Age remains on the island align it with the Aegean culture of the Cyclades and Sporades, to the south; at Skala Sotiros for example, a small settlement was encircled by a strongly built defensive wall. Even earlier activity is demonstrated by the presence of large pieces of 'megalithic' anthropomorphic stelai built into these walls, which, so far, have no parallels in the Aegean area.

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