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Our Island
Syros is the most populous island of the Cyclades with an area of 84 sq km and more than 20,000 residents. The island consists of three major municipalities: toDimo Syros, the Municipality of Ano Syros and DimoPoseidonias.
The capital of the island isErmoupolis, which is the administrative center of the Cyclades together all public services (courts, Prefecture, South Aegean, Fire, Chamber of Cyclades, Customs, Tax Department and Agriculture, Forestry, Education, Housing, Fisheries, Commerce, Merchant Marine Academy, DepartmentUniversity of the Aegean etc).
The area of the municipality is 3750 acres and its population is approximately 13,000 residents. In Ermoupolisperilamvanetai municipality and the Municipal District of Manna.
The "live" medieval settlement of Ano Syros, is built from 300 AD, the namesakehill which dominates the Cyclades. The Municipality of Ano Syros is the Municipal District Galissa, the Municipal District of Polo and the Municipal District Chrousso. The population of the Municipality of Ano Syros is around 1700 inhabitants engaged in trade,with agriculture, animal husbandry, beekeeping, shipping and tourism, etc.
The municipality consists of Posidonia Posidonia Municipality, the Municipal District and the City Vari DiamerismaFoinika. The houses of Posidoniakeep the nobleness of the first Greek bourgeoisie created Ermoupolis the 19th century.
