Agios
Konstantinos
Alyki
Avlakia
Ireon
Kalami
Karlovasi
Kerveli
Kokkari
Limnionas
Marathokampos
Mesokampos
Mpalos
Potokaki
Pytagorion
Samos
Vathi
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Greece: Travel Guide: North Aegean
Islands: Samos
Greece:
North Aegean Islands:
Samos
Samos (Greek: Σάμος) is a Greek island in the North Aegean sea,
south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese.
The Samian economy depends mainly on agriculture and the tourist
industry which has been growing steadily since the early 1980s. The
main agricultural products include grapes, honey, olives, olive oil,
citrus fruit, dried figs and almonds, and flowers. The Muscat grape
is the main crop used for wine production. Samian wine is also
exported under several other appellations. Samian wines have won
several international and domestic awards.
With the neighbouring islands of Icaria and Fourni, the island of
Samos is administered as part of the Samos Prefecture. Samos
includes four of the eight municipalities of the prefecture, which
constitute more than 77 percent of the prefecture's population (2001
census). The island's capital and main port is the city of Vathy,
most commonly called Samos; other municipalities are Karlovasi and
Pythagoreio. The smallest of the component municipalities is
Marathokampos.
Samos has a sister town called Samo, which is located in Calabria,
Italy.
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