Mytilene
Mytilene is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of the Aegean.
- Type: City with 36,200 residents
- Description: city on the Greek island of Lesbos
- Also known as: “Kastro”, “Metelino”, “Mîtîlînî”, “Mitylene”, “Mytilenae”, “Mytiléne”, “Mytiléné”, “Mytilény”, “Митилене”, “Мітілени”, “ميتيليني، ليسفوس”, “மீட்டிலேனே”, “뮈틸레네”, “ミティリニ”, “ミュティネレ”, “ミュティレネ”, and “密提林”
- Postal code: 81100
Places of Interest
Highlights: Yeni Mosque and Castle of Mytilene.
Archaeological Museum - New Building
Museum
Photo: Tedmek, Public domain.Mytilene
- Category: locality
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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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
UN/LOCODE
GR MJT
Open location code
8GF84H33+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Mytilene” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሚቲሌኔ”
- Amharic: “ሚጢሊኒ”
- Arabic: “ميتيليني”
- Armenian: “Միտիլինի”
- Asturian: “Mytilene”
- Azerbaijani: “Mitilini”
- Basque: “Mitilene”
- Belarusian: “Мітылена”
- Belarusian: “Мітыліні”
- Bengali: “মিটেলেন”
- Breton: “Mitilíni”
- Breton: “Mytilíni”
- Bulgarian: “Митилини”
- Catalan: “Mitilene”
- Cebuano: “Mytilíni”
- Central Kurdish: “میتیلین”
- Chinese: “米蒂利尼”
- Croatian: “Mitilene”
- Czech: “Mytiléna”
- Danish: “Mytilini”
- Dutch: “Mytilini”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميتيلينى”
- Esperanto: “Mitileno”
- Faroese: “Mytilini”
- Finnish: “Mytilíni”
- French: “Mytilène”
- Galician: “Mitilene”
- German: “Mytilini”
- Greek: “Μυτιλήνη”
- Gujarati: “મિટિલેન”
- Hebrew: “מיטילנה”
- Hindi: “मिटिलेन”
- Hungarian: “Mitilíni”
- Ido: “Mitilini”
- Indonesian: “Metilene”
- Interlingue: “Mitilene”
- Irish: “Mitiléine”
- Italian: “Mitilene”
- Japanese: “ミティリーニ”
- Kannada: “ಮೈಟಲೀನ್”
- Korean: “미틸레네”
- Korean: “미틸리니”
- Kurdish: “Mîtîlênê”
- Latin: “Mytilene”
- Latvian: “Mitilene”
- Lithuanian: “Mitilėnė”
- Macedonian: “Митилена”
- Malagasy: “Mitilena”
- Malay: “Mytilene”
- Marathi: “म्यतिलीन”
- Neapolitan: “Mitilene”
- Northern Frisian: “Mytilini”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mytilene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mytilíni”
- Norwegian: “Mytilene”
- Persian: “موتیلنه”
- Persian: “میتیلن”
- Polish: “Mitylena”
- Portuguese: “Mitilene”
- Romanian: “Mytilene”
- Russian: “Митилини”
- Scots: “Mytilene”
- Serbian: “Mitilena”
- Serbian: “Митилена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mitilene”
- Sicilian: “Mitileni”
- Sinhala: “මයිටෙලිනේ”
- Slovak: “Mytilini”
- Slovenian: “Mitilena”
- Slovenian: “Mitilene”
- Spanish: “Mitilene”
- Swahili: “Mutilene”
- Swedish: “Mytilene”
- Tamil: “மிட்டிலீனி”
- Telugu: “మైటీలేనే”
- Thai: “มิติเลเน”
- Turkish: “Midilli”
- Ukrainian: “Мітилена”
- Ukrainian: “Мітіліні”
- Urdu: “میتیلینی”
- Vietnamese: “Mytilene”
- Volapük: “Mytilene”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mytilene”
- “Μυτιλήνη”
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