Irakleides (Ηρακλείδες) is a municipality on the island of Kos, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Kos or Cos ( Greek: Κως Turkish: İstanköy; Italian: Coo formerly Stanchio in English is a Greek The Dodecanese ( Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands' are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Population 6,963 (2001). It is the largest in area of the three municipalities on the island, at 160. 538 km², and comprises 55. 3% of the island's territory. The seat of the municipality is in Antimacheia (pop. 2,205). The largest village is Kefalos (2,458). Kefalos, a Greek resort is situated at the southwest side of the island of Kos, in the municipality of Irakleides, 43 km from Kos Town Kardamena (1,783), Mastihari (368), Kampos (69), Onia (48), and Kamarion (32) are the rest of the villages in the municipality. Kardamena (Καρδάμαινα is a small Greek town 7 km from Kos Island International Airport at Antimachia situated mid-way along the south coast of the The municipality shares the island of Kos with the municipalities of Kos and Dikaio. Dikaio (Δίκαιο is a municipality on the island of Kos, in the Dodecanese prefecture of Greece.