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Leros is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies 317 kilometres (197 miles) (171 nautical miles) from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by an 8.5-hour ferry ride (or by a 45-minute flight from Athens). Leros is part of the Kalymnos regional unit. The island has been also called in Italian: Lèro and in Turkish: ?leriye.
The municipality has an area of 74.172 km2 (28.638 sq mi). The municipality includes the populated offshore island of Farmakonisi (pop. 10), as well as several uninhabited islets, including Levitha and Kinaros, and had a 2011 census population of 7,917, although this figure swells to over 15,000 during the summer peak. The island has a coastline of 71 kilometres (44 miles). It is known for its imposing medieval castle of the Knights of Saint John possibly built on a Byzantine fortress. Nearby islands are Patmos, Lipsi, Kalymnos, and the small islands of Agia Kyriaki and Farmakos. In ancient times it was considered the island of Parthenos Iokallis and linked to the Hellenistic and Roman literature on Meleager and the Meleagrides. The administrative center and largest town is Agia Marina, with a population of 2,672 inhabitants. Other sizable towns are Lákki , Xirókampos , Kamára, and Álinda.

Kos is a Greek island belonging to the Dodecanese archipelago, located in front of the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the ancient Alicarnasso, about 4 km from the coast.
It measures about 50 km in length and 12 km in width in the widest part and there are about 30,000 permanent residents, most of which are concentrated in the homonymous capital of the island.
In addition to the capital Kos, other inhabited areas of the island are Cardamena (Kardamena), Cefalo (Kefalos), Tigaki, Antimachia, Mastichari, Marmari and Pilì (Pyli), in addition to the smaller villages of Zia, Zipari, Platani, Lagoudi and community of Asfendiù (Asfentiou), a center composed of 5 villages now almost completely abandoned at the foot of Mount Dikeo, the highest peak of the island.
On the island there are many archaeological sites such as the Asclepeion, or the temple of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, the baths, the Platano of Hippocrates, the Roman odeon, the Castle of Neratzia, the fortress at the entrance of the port of the town of Kos and the Byzantine fortress of Antimachia.
For sea lovers there are many beaches to visit. The northern part of the island is always beaten by the wind, but has crystalline seabeds instead of the southern one, with a still calm sea, clear water but darker seabed. Between Kardamena and Coo there are some famous thermal springs that form natural pools of very hot and sulphurous water. Going towards Kefalos is the island of Castri often visited by sunbathers sunbathing on the beach in front.
It was famous in antiquity for being the birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of medicine.