LESBOS
Population
Population
Popular destinations GREECE
Aegina | Alonissos | Andros |
Chios | Corfu | Crete |
Hydra | Kalymnos | Karpathos |
Kefalonia | Kos | Lefkas |
Lesbos | Mykonos | Naxos |
Paros | Patmos | Peloponnese |
Poros | Rhodes | Samos |
Santorini | Skiathos | Skopelos |
Spetses | Thasos | Zakynthos |
Population
Lesbos has a population of about 85,000, and about 36,000 of these live in the capital Mytilene. (2017) There are also many temporary residents living on Lesvos. Because Lesbos is close to Turkey, many refugees arrive here. Camp Moira is poorly known it hosts around 15,000 refugees in often deplorable conditions.
Sources
Dubin, Marc S. / Griekse eilanden
Van Reemst
Greek islands
Lonely Planet
Griekse eilanden
Lannoo
McGilchrist, Nigel / Greece : the Aegean islands
Somerset Books
Midgette, Anne / Griekse eilanden : Egeïsche Zee
Het Spectrum
CIA - World Factbook
BBC - Country Profiles
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