Editing Naxos (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Naxos emery-mine.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Emery (rock)|Emery]] mine]]
[[File:GR-naxos-kinidaros-marmor-alexander.jpg|thumb|200px|Marble quarry of Naxos. Note large green truck at lower left of the marble face.]]
===Historical population===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !!  Island population !! Change
|-
| 1981 || 14,037 || –
|-
| 1991 || 14,838 || +801/+5.71%
|-
| 2001 || 18,188 || +3,350/+22.58%
|-
| 2011 || 18,904 || +716/+3.93%
|}
=== Tourism ===
Naxos is a popular [[tourist destination]], with several places of touristic interest, including beaches, villages and old ruins. Beaches on the island include Agia Anna, [[Agios Prokopios, Naxos|Agios Prokopios]], Aliko, Kastraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios, most of them on the western side of the island, near Chora.
As other [[cycladic islands]], Naxos is considered a windy place perfect for [[windsurfing]], as well as [[kitesurfing]]. There are seven sports clubs in the island that offer both of these sports and other water activities.
=== Agriculture ===
Naxos is the most [[Fertility|fertile]] island of the Cyclades. It has a good supply of water in a region where water is usually inadequate. Mount Zeus ({{convert|1,004|m|ft|disp=or|abbr=off}}) is the highest peak in the Cyclades, and tends to trap the clouds, permitting greater rainfall. This has made [[agriculture]] an important economic sector with various vegetable and fruit crops as well as cattle breeding, making Naxos the most self-sufficient island in the Cyclades. Naxos is well known within Greece for its "Arseniko Naxou" cheese, potatoes, [[Kitron]] (a local lemon-citrus spirit), and Naxian honey (which is largely derived from the nectar of [[thyme]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lisiecki |first1=Chelsea |last2=Foufopoulos |first2=Johannes |title=Profits vs. preservation: How can shepherds balance the social and ecological costs of livestock grazing on Naxos? |journal=World Development Perspectives |date=2022 |volume=26|doi=10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100430 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

===Marble===
The quarrying of marble on Naxos began before 550 [[BCE]].<ref name="nama">{{cite web |title=Archaic Period |url=https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/archaiki-periodos/ |website=Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο |publisher=Government of Greece |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en |quote=Item #10 in slide show}}</ref> Naxian marble was used for the creation of the [[roof tile]]s at [[ancient Olympia]] and on the [[Athenian Acropolis]],<ref>[[Aenne Ohnesorg]]: ''Inselionische Marmordächer.'' de Gruyter, Berlin 1993.</ref> As of 2016, about 5,000 m³ of high value [[Naxian marble]] was being exported annually.<ref>[http://nibis.ni.schule.de/~trianet/naxos/region/region08.htm Trianet: Gestein und Bergbau] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194240/http://nibis.ni.schule.de/~trianet/naxos/region/region08.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}.</ref>