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Psara
Europe is one of the five inhabited traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area and third-largest continent after Asia and Africa in population.
Psara is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It lays 44 nautical miles north-west of Khios as well as 22 kilometers from the northwestern point of the island of Khios and 150 kilometers east-north-east of Athens. The length and width is about 7 by 8 kilometers and the area of the island is 43 square kilometers. It has been inhabited since the Mycenaean period, and its inhabitants have always relied on the sea to make a living. The municipality include the small island of Antipsara and is one of the two in the prefecture that only have one community and one of the few in Greece that only contain one settlement. located almost directly to the west. Psara also has a small port linking to the island of Chios and other parts of Greece.
Psara joined the Greek War of Independence on April 10, 1821. A noted native naval leader of the time was future Prime Minister of Greece Constantine Kanaris. The island was invaded on June 21, 1824 by Egyptian forces under the command of Ibrahim Pasha. A part of the population managed to flee the island, but those who didn't were either sold into slavery or slaughtered. More than 15,000 Greeks were massacred. The island was deserted and surviving islanders were scattered through what is now Southern Greece. Theophilos Kairis, a priest and scholar, took on many of the orphaned children and developed the famous school the Orphanotropio of Theophilos Kairis. Modern Psara is inhabited by fewer than 1,000 people, all of which inhabit the single small village on the island, also called Psara as well as its municipality.
It can also be considered as the preeminent, historical and potential tourism destination that enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers to become one of the most visited places.
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