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Here are some interesting and fun facts about Corfu, Greece:

Country/Area Code: +30 2661

Population: 100,000 (2021 est.) 

Language: Greek 

Currency: Euro

• Corfu is an island off Greece’s northwest coast in the Ionian Sea and is defined by rugged mountains and a resort-studded shoreline.
• Other than the rest of modern Greece, Corfu never got in the hands of the Ottomans as the major strongholds, the Old Fortress and New Fortress, withstood every attempt to conquer the island, including three major sieges (1537, 1571, and 1716).
• The locals call Corfu by its Greek name Kerkyra (Κέρκυρα). According to a legend, the name Kerkyra comes from the Nymph Corcyra, who was kidnapped by Poseidon, god of the sea, who brought her to the island.
• Due to the massive hyperinflation in Greece between 1943 and 1946, the government was forced to continue printing new banknotes with higher values. Because of that, the banknote with the highest value ever printed, 100 billion drachmes, is now displayed at the Banknote Museum in Corfu Town.

Did you know…?

• Corfu is the greenest island in Greece, which earned it the nickname Emerald Island.
• The James Bond movie from 1981 “For Your Eyes Only”, starring Roger Moore, was shot almost entirely on Corfu.