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Chios Island Greece

Chios Island is the fifth-largest of the Greek islands, lying in the Aegean Sea about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) off the Anatolian coast, separated from Turkey by the Çeşme Strait. The island is renowned for its production and export of mastic gum, earning it the nickname “the mastic island”. Visitors are drawn to its medieval villages and the 11th‑century Nea Moni monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Chios forms a separate municipality within the Chios regional unit, part of the North Aegean region. The main town on the island, and the municipal seat, is Chios town. Locals often call Chios town “Chora” (“Χώρα”, literally “land” or “country”, but commonly used for the capital or a main settlement on a Greek island).

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Chios (JKH)

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