To the East of Samos is Turkey and Asia Minor, from which Samos is separated by the “Eptastadio” channel which is only 1650 meters wide at its narrowest point. It’s the 8th in size Greek island and its area is 477,395 km2.

The population of the island is 33814 inhabitants (2001 census), it is comprised of 4 municipalities, Vathi, Karlovasi, Pythagoreio and Marathokampos and its capital is Samos Town.

Samos is a mountainous island and it has two high mountains. The first one is rough and rocky Kerkis (or Kerketeus) with a height of 1443 meters and the second is verdant and fertile Ambelos (or Karvounis) with a height of 1160 meters. There are few plains, the largest one is the plain of Chora, which is in the south side of the island and is bounded by the villages of Chora, Pythagoreio, Miloi and Pagondas.

Samos produces many and various products. For that the ancient Greeks used to say “this island produces even birds' milk”. Its major products are the famous Samian oil and wine. In the past few years, also the tourist industry is dynamically growing, ranking Samos as one of the major tourist destinations in Greece.

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