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Information about Limnos
Lemnos is a Greek island located in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. It has an area of ??476 km² and has 17,000 inhabitants. It is mostly hilly with some fertile little valley. The most important center is Mirina on the west coast with an excellent natural harbor. A center of minor importance is Mudro. The island is an important military base by virtue of its location not far from the Straits of the Sea of ??Marmara.
From an administrative point of view, Lemnos belongs to the peripheral of the Northern Aegean (peripheral unit of Lemno).
Mirina, the capital, is a small picturesque village with a natural harbor dominated by a promontory connected to the mainland by a short isthmus. On the promontory are the ruins of the ancient Byzantine kastro, the fortress built by the Venetians in the XIII century, then the Turkish defenses that were destroyed in 1770 by the Russian fleet that besieged the island then under Ottoman rule.
Mirina (or Myrina) has a small but interesting archaeological museum where the archaeological finds from Poliochni, Kaveirio Efestia and Koukonisile are collected.

Information about Chios
Chios formerly called Scio is a Greek island of the eastern Aegean and, administratively, a prefecture of the Northern Aegean, facing the Turkish coast.
The population amounts to 51,936 inhabitants (2001 census), the surface is 845 km². The capital Chíos is an important port. Other centers are Vrondados, Volissòs, Kardamylla and Oinousses, the latter located on a small island 5 km away. The island is famous for its landscapes and mild climate. Exports include mastic, followed by olives, figs and wine.
The island was also one of the 51 prefectures in which Greece was administratively divided, until 1 January 2011, when they were abolished following the entry into force of the administrative reform called the "Callicrate Program.