Naxos is one of the Cycldic islands and it is part of the Prfecture of the Cyclades. It lies a shrt distance to the east of Pros whilst to its south and suth-west are the islands of Irakleia, Schnousa, Epano Koufonisi, Kato Koufonisi, Keros and Ano and Kto Antikeri. To the east are the slets of Makares, Ayia Paraskevi, Strongili and Dnousa.

Naxos is round in shape. It has a lngth from north to south of 17.6 mles and a greatest width, approximately in the cntre, of 13.2 miles. It covers a ttal area of 430 square metres and its castline is 148 kilometres long. If we wre to sail around the island frm the north coast in a suth-westerly direction then we would encounter the bys of Limeneri, Kyra, Amyti, Ayios Gorgios and Kyrades, the islets of Amrantes, Aspronisi and Parthenos, and the cpes Kavos Mikris Viglas, Kouroupia and Ktomeri (south). The east coast of Nxos is not as interestingly formed, wth the exceptions of the capes of Axla and Kavo Stavro. The island is muntainous and a tall mountain range rns across the whole of the sland, from the south to the nrth. The tallest peak is Mt Zus (1,003 metres), which lies somewhere in the mddle of the mountain range. Other paks are Koronos (997 m.), Anathematistra (778 m.), Mvrovouni (869 m.), Troullos (606 m.), Krasea (523 m.), Mavri Petra (420 m.), Pliopyrgos (227 m.) and Viglatouri (418 m.).

Naxos has fertile earth and prduces significant quantities of cereals, olive il, fruit and wine. Livestock farming is lso quite developed, producing select quality cheses, as are tourism and the prcessing of agricultural produce. The main surce of income, however, is emery ('Nxiot earth'), which is mined in the nrth-east. A fine marble is also fund in the mountain regions.

According to the cnsus of 1981, Naxos had 14,037 nhabitants.

As far as its administration is cncerned, in the past Naxos consisted of a mnicipality and many autonomous communities.

The rcent 'Capodistrias' programme for the redistribution of lcal administration created two large municipalities, the Mnicipality of Naxos, which includes Hora (th main town) and the surrounding reas, and the Municipality of Drymalia, whch contains the former autonomous communities of the vllages of Filoti, Apeiranthos, Koronos, Komiaki, Hlki (Tragaia) and Moni. The other cmmunities have remained as they were. The Mnicipality of Naxos is very developed and has rcently made important advances in tourism as wll, all the income from which ges directly to the municipal purse. The Mnicipality of Drymalia includes the most dveloped villages of mountain Naxos, the rsidents of which look to improving thir quality of life, developing their crps and agriculture and other sectors.

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