Samos

Samos is a port town on the island of in . It is the capital of the regional unit of Samos and of the municipality of East Samos. It is also known by its old name of Vathy, though this now usually refers to the old hillside suburb of .
Wikipedia
Dybdal, Public domain.
  • Town with 6,240 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SMI
  • Description: Greek town on the Samos island
  • Postal code: 83100
  • Also known as
    “Kato Vathy”
    “Vathy”
  • Historically known as
    “Liman Vathéos”
    “Limén Vathéos”
    “Limenas Vatheos”
    “Limín Vathéos”
    “Port Vathi”
    “Vathi”
    “Vathy harbor”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Vathi at Samos and Agios Spyridonas.
Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vathy and Mytilinioi.
Pe-sa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community and a former municipality on the island of , , .
Pstelios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town, which is situated 7 km southwest of Samos.
Pe-sa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the island of , … is situated 8 km west of Samos.

Samos

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Latitude
37.75762° or 37° 45′ 27″ north
Longitude
26.97274° or 26° 58′ 22″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR SMI and GR VTH
Open location code
8G98QX5F+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275563673
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
254115
Wiki­data ID
Q1018150

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Samos” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Samos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Samos (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Samos”
  • Basque: “Káto Vathý”
  • Basque: “Samos”
  • Belarusian: “Самас”
  • Bulgarian: “Самос”
  • Catalan: “Samos”
  • Cebuano: “Sámos”
  • Dutch: “Samos”
  • Estonian: “Sámos”
  • Finnish: “Sámos”
  • French: “Kato Vathi”
  • French: “Kato Vathý”
  • French: “Káto Vathý”
  • French: “Liménas Vathéos”
  • French: “Samos”
  • French: “Sámos”
  • German: “Kato Vathy”
  • German: “Samos”
  • Greek: “Sámos”
  • Greek: “Κάτω Βαθύ”
  • Greek: “Λιμένας Βαθέος” (historical)
  • Greek: “Λιμήν Βαθέος” (historical)
  • Greek: “Σάμος (πόλη)”
  • Greek: “Σάμος”
  • Latin: “Samos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sámos by”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sámos”
  • Persian: “ساموس (شهر)”
  • Persian: “ساموس”
  • Polish: “Samos”
  • Russian: “Самос”
  • Serbian: “Самос”
  • Sicilian: “Samu”
  • Slovak: “Samos”
  • Slovenian: “Samos”
  • Swedish: “Sámos”
  • Turkish: “Samos (şehir)”

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