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{{Infobox Greek Dimos | name = Samothrace | name_local = Σαμοθράκη |type = municipality | image_map = 2011 Dimos Samothrakis.svg | image_skyline = 20020800 Chora Samothrace island Thrace Greece.jpg | caption_skyline = View of the Chora (Samothraki) | periph = [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] | periphunit = [[Evros (regional unit)|Evros]] | pop_municipality = 2596 | area_municipality = 178.0 | population_as_of = 2021 | demonym = [[wikt:Samothracian|Samothracian]] | elevation = | mayor = Athanasios Vitsas<ref name=mayor>{{Cite web |url=https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9009/ |title=Municipality of Samothrace, Municipal elections{{snd}}October 2023 |publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Ministry of Interior]]}}</ref> | since = 2014 | city_seal = | coordinates = {{Coord|40|27|00|N|25|35|15|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 680 02 | area_code = 25510 | licence = ΕΒ | website = [http://www.samothraki.gr www.samothraki.gr] | elevation_min = 0 | elevation_max = 1611 }} [[File:Samothraki - from NNE.jpg|thumb|264x264px|Samothrace (from NNE)]] '''Samothrace''' (also known as '''Samothraki'''; {{langx|el|Σαμοθράκη}}, {{IPA|el|samoˈθraci|}}) is a [[Greece|Greek]] [[list of islands of Greece|island]] in the northern [[Aegean Sea]]. It is a [[municipalities and communities of Greece|municipality]] within the [[Evros (regional unit)|Evros regional unit]] of [[East Macedonia and Thrace|Thrace]]. The island is {{cvt|17|km|mi|0}} long, {{cvt|178|km2|sqmi|0}} in size and has a population of 2,596 (2021 census).<ref name=census21/> Its main industries are [[fishing]] and [[tourism]]. Resources on the island include [[granite]] and [[basalt]]. Samothrace is one of the most rugged Greek islands, with Mt Saos and its highest peak, [[Fengari]], rising to {{cvt|1611|m|ft}}. The ''[[Winged Victory of Samothrace]]'' statue, which is now displayed at the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]], was found on the island.
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