Ionia () is a former municipality on the island of
Chios
Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Medi ...
,
North Aegean
The North Aegean Region (, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, and the smallest of the thirteen by population. It comprises the islands of the north-eastern Aegean Sea, called the North Aegean islands, except for Thasos an ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Chios
Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Medi ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
It is located in the southeastern part of the island, and has a land area of 48.272 km².
Its population was 3,570 at the 2021 census. The seat of the municipality was in
Kallimasia. Other large towns are
Nenita, Tholopotámi and Katarráktis.
Notable people
*
Joachim IV, Patriarch of Constantinople
References
Populated places in Chios
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