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Κέρκυρα (Kérkura or Kérkyra)

Κέρκυρα (Kérkura or Kérkyra),1 is a city of 25 thousand2 in the center of the east coast of the island that bears its name, one of the Ioniou Islands that are west of mainland Ελλάς (Ellás)3 and are part of the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnísou, Western Elládas.4 Its old town with its Venetian and British buildings is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Its airport just south of the city is one of the nation's busiest.5

External references

Overview of the old town of Kerkura (or Kerkyra), Ioniou, Ellás

Footnotes

1. Corfù in Italian and Corfu in English.
2. 2011 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Greece, accessed March 21, 2018.
3. Also called Ελλάδα (Elláda); Greece in English.
4. Peloponnesus, Western Greece and the Ionian in English.
5.2017 table from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Greece, accessed March 27, 2018. My criterion for inclusion: greater than one million passengers.