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Place details
- Locality
- Χίος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Αιγαίου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 23,953
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Travel guide
Get around
You can bring a car using the boats, or you can rent one there. Chios is a big island and if you want to get around (out of the place where you are staying you have to have wheels) you better rent a car or motorbike. Renting a bicycle is also an option if you are not traveling big distances.
See
thumbnail|Nea Moni thumb|Anavatos
— a UNESCO World Heritage listed monastery — a byzantine village monument with tower-like houses.
Eat
Mastelo, a local cheese that can be grilled
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Chios (Greek: Χίος) is the main town and a former municipality on the Greek island of Chios in the North Aegean. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Chios, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 22.823 km. It is located on the eastern coast of the island facing the Turkish coastal town of Çeşme. The town has a population of 27,015 (2021) and is the administrative capital and main port of both the island and of the regional unit of Chios. Chios town is one of eight municipal units on the island.
The city is often locally referred to as Chora (Χώρα; lit. 'town') or Kastro (Κάστρο; 'castle') to distinguish it from the entirety of the island with which it shares the name.