Mitilene is a capital of lesbos island. Lesbos is the third biggest island in Greece. It is a beautiful city with important history. It is located in the east of Lesbos island. Mytilene has 36.196 inhabitants. In the past, Mytilene was a rich town and this seems from the rich houses in the city. Also, it has got a big port which connect Mytilene with Piraeus and other ports.
Mytilene
Location
The municipality is located on the Amali Peninsula (Χερσόνησο της Αμαλής Chersoniso Amalis), the southeasternmost and smallest of the three large peninsulas of Lesvos, and extends a few kilometres northwards beyond it. In total, its north-south extension is 20 km and from east to west a maximum of 7 km. The Amali Peninsula is bounded on the east by the Strait of Lesbos (Στενό Μυτιλήνης Steno Mytilinis) and on the west by the Gulf of Gera (Κόλπος της Γέρας Kolpos tis Geras), Cape Agrilia (Ακροτιριο Αγριλιά Akrotirio Agrilia) is the southernmost point. The small peninsula of Machera (Μαχαίρα) forms the northern end of the municipal area. South of it and east of the small port of Skala Pamfyllon is the small uninhabited island of Pamfyllon (Ν. Παμφυλλον).
Neighboring municipalities are Loutropolis Thermis and Evergetoulas to the north, and the municipality of Gera to the west, opposite the Gulf of Gera.
The municipality of Mytilini is located in the middle of the east coast at the narrowest point of the Amali Peninsula, about 3 km.