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Information about Lesvos
Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean, facing the coasts of the Anatolian peninsula. The main center is Mytilene.
It is famous for having given birth, in the seventh century BC, to the lyric poets Alceo and Sappho. In the verses of Saffo we find the exaltation of the beauty of femininity and eros among women, hence the term lesbianism.
With an area of 1,630 km² Lesbos is the third largest Greek island by surface and the octave of the Mediterranean. Characterized by a conspicuous coastal development (320 km), it has a population of about 90.643 inhabitants at the 2001 census, a third of which reside in the capital Mytilene.
From an administrative point of view, it is a municipality and peripheral unit made up of the only homonymous municipality in the outskirts of the Northern Aegean.

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.