The Dodecanese have inhabited islands.
Alimia or Alimnia is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea , located in the sea area between Rhodes and Halki , the complex of Dodecanese . The island had a small population until the period of the Second World War , and in recent decades has remained uninhabited . Dodecanese . Other islands in the chain include Alimia , Arkoi , Chalki , Farmakonisi , Gyali , Kinaros , Levitha , Marathos , Nimos , Pserimos , Saria , Strongyli , Syrna and Telendos . Kinaros or Cinarus ( Kinaros : Zinari ) , is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea , named after the artichoke ( kinara ) which it produced Kinaros . It is the second westernmost island of the Dodecanese after Astypalea . The population of the island according to 2011 census is 2 inhabitants .