North Aegean Islands
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Mytilene

Mytilene is the capital of the island of , and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of the Aegean.
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  • Type: City with 36,200 residents
  • Description: city on the Greek island of Lesbos
  • Also known as: “Kastro” and “Mytilini”
  • Postal code: 81100

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeni Mosque and Castle of Mytilene.

Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a former in partial ruins, located in Mytilene on the island of , in the region of . It was built in 1825 by local governor Mustafa Agha Koulaxiz, the largest and newest of the Ottoman era mosques on the island.

Photo: TheJerboa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also Fortress of Mytilene, is located in Mytilene on the Greek island of , . It is maintained in good condition and is one of the largest castles in the Mediterranean covering an area of 60 acres.

Museum
Photo: Tedmek, Public domain.
The Archaeological Museum of Mytilene is a in in . Initially the museum was housed in a building erected by the American Classic Studies School in 1935.

Mytilene

Latitude
39.1037° or 39° 6′ 13″ north
Longitude
26.5548° or 26° 33′ 17″ east
Population
36,200
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
IATA airport code
MJT
United Nations Location Code
GR MJT
Open location code
8GF84H33+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1606160775
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
256866
Wiki­data ID
Q189059
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Mytilene” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሚቲሌኔ”
  • Amharic: “ሚጢሊኒ”
  • Arabic: “ميتيليني، ليسفوس”
  • Arabic: “ميتيليني”
  • Armenian: “Միտիլինի”
  • Asturian: “Mytilene”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mitilini”
  • Basque: “Mitilene”
  • Belarusian: “Мітылена”
  • Belarusian: “Мітыліні”
  • Bengali: “মিটেলেন”
  • Breton: “Mitilíni”
  • Breton: “Mytilíni”
  • Bulgarian: “Митилена”
  • Bulgarian: “Митилене”
  • Bulgarian: “Митилини”
  • Catalan: “Midilli”
  • Catalan: “Mitilene”
  • Cebuano: “Mytilíni”
  • Central Kurdish: “میتیلین”
  • Chinese: “密提林”
  • Chinese: “米蒂利尼”
  • Croatian: “Mitilene”
  • Croatian: “Mytilene”
  • Czech: “Mytiléna”
  • Czech: “Mytiléné”
  • Czech: “Mytilény”
  • Czech: “Mytilini”
  • Danish: “Mitilini”
  • Danish: “Mytilene”
  • Danish: “Mytilini”
  • Dutch: “Mytilene”
  • Dutch: “Mytilini”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميتيلينى”
  • Esperanto: “Mitileno”
  • Esperanto: “Mitilini”
  • Faroese: “Mytilene”
  • Faroese: “Mytilini”
  • Finnish: “Mytilene”
  • Finnish: “Mytilini”
  • Finnish: “Mytilíni”
  • French: “Mytilene”
  • French: “Mytilène”
  • Galician: “Mitilene”
  • German: “Mitilini”
  • German: “Mitylene”
  • German: “Mytilene”
  • German: “Mytilini”
  • Greek: “Μυτιλήνη”
  • Gujarati: “મિટિલેન”
  • Hebrew: “מיטילנה”
  • Hindi: “मिटिलेन”
  • Hungarian: “Mitilíni”
  • Ido: “Mitilini”
  • Indonesian: “Metilene”
  • Indonesian: “Mytilene”
  • Interlingue: “Mitilene”
  • Irish: “Mitiléine”
  • Italian: “Metelino”
  • Italian: “Mitilene”
  • Italian: “Mytilene”
  • Japanese: “ミティリーニ”
  • Japanese: “ミティリニ”
  • Japanese: “ミュティネレ”
  • Japanese: “ミュティレネ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೈಟಲೀನ್”
  • Korean: “뮈틸레네”
  • Korean: “미틸레네”
  • Korean: “미틸리니”
  • Kurdish: “Mîtîlênê”
  • Kurdish: “Mîtîlînî”
  • Latin: “Mitylene”
  • Latin: “Mytilenae”
  • Latin: “Mytilene”
  • Latvian: “Mitilene”
  • Lithuanian: “Mitilėnė”
  • Macedonian: “Митилена”
  • Macedonian: “Митилини”
  • Malagasy: “Mitilena”
  • Malay: “Mytilene”
  • Marathi: “म्यतिलीन”
  • Neapolitan: “Mitilene”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mytilini”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mytilene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mytilini”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mytilene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mytilíni”
  • Norwegian: “Mytilene”
  • Persian: “موتیلنه”
  • Persian: “میتیلن”
  • Polish: “Mitylena”
  • Polish: “Mitylene”
  • Polish: “Mytilene”
  • Portuguese: “Mitilene”
  • Portuguese: “Mytilini”
  • Romanian: “Mytilene”
  • Romanian: “Mytilini”
  • Russian: “Митилена”
  • Russian: “Митилини”
  • Scots: “Mytilene”
  • Serbian: “Mitilena”
  • Serbian: “Митилена”
  • Serbian: “Митилини”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mitilena”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mitilene”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mytilene”
  • Sicilian: “Mitileni”
  • Sinhala: “මයිටෙලිනේ”
  • Slovak: “Mytiléna”
  • Slovak: “Mytiléné”
  • Slovak: “Mytilény”
  • Slovak: “Mytilini”
  • Slovak: “Mytilíni”
  • Slovenian: “Mitilena”
  • Slovenian: “Mitilene”
  • Slovenian: “Mytilini”
  • Spanish: “Mitilene”
  • Spanish: “Mitilini”
  • Spanish: “Mytilene”
  • Swahili: “Mutilene”
  • Swedish: “Mitilini”
  • Swedish: “Mytilene”
  • Swedish: “Mytiléne”
  • Swedish: “Mytilini”
  • Tamil: “மிட்டிலீனி”
  • Tamil: “மீட்டிலேனே”
  • Telugu: “మైటీలేనే”
  • Thai: “มิติเลเน”
  • Turkish: “Midilli”
  • Turkish: “Mitilini”
  • Turkish: “Mytilene”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітилена”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітілени”
  • Ukrainian: “Мітіліні”
  • Urdu: “میتیلینی”
  • Vietnamese: “Mytilene”
  • Volapük: “Mytilene”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mytilene”
  • “Μυτιλήνη”

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