Koursaroi

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Koursaroi
Native name: Κουρσάροι
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Koursaroi
Geography
Coordinates 35°28′54″N23°33′52″E / 35.4817°N 23.5644°E / 35.4817; 23.5644 Coordinates: 35°28′54″N23°33′52″E / 35.4817°N 23.5644°E / 35.4817; 23.5644
ArchipelagoCretan Islands
Administration
Greece
Region Crete
Regional unit Chania
Demographics
Population0 (2001)

Koursaroi (Greek : Κουρσάροι, "privateers or privateering vessels"), also known as Nisaki (Greek : Νησάκι, "small island"), is an islet close to the eastern coast of Crete, and north-east of the islet of Praso, in the Aegean Sea. Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Kissamos, in Chania regional unit.

Greek language language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

Crete The largest and most populous of the Greek islands

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete, one of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065.

Praso Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Praso was a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 362 and an area of 9.8 square kilometres (3.8 sq mi). It was merged with Daone and Bersone on January 1, 2015, to form a new municipality, Valdaone.

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