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Samos

Greek island in Aegean Sea

Placeisland polisQ156882

Country: Greece(since 1913)
, Ionian League(-0700–0300)
, Principality of Samos(1834–1913)
Located in: North Aegean Region
Area: 476 km²
Population: 32,642(2021)
, 32,977(2011)

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Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre-wide (1.0 mi) Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region.

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Website: samos.gr
Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea
Mycale Strait direction: southeast
Gulf of Kuşadası direction: east
Native label: Σάμος
Capital: Vathy
Part of: Southern Sporades
Postal code: 931 00–931 99
Location: Aegean Sea
Highest point: Kerkis

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50 identifiers linking Samos across the web's reference databases

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