Karlovasi

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Karlovasi (Greek: Καρλόβασι) is a town and a municipality on the northwest side of the island of Samos, Samos Prefecture, Greece. According to the 2001 census, the population of the municipality was 9,590 inhabitants. Its land area is 100.330 km². The municipality shares the island of Samos with the municipalities of Vathy, Pythagoreio, and Marathokampos.

The University of the Aegean operates three departments in the town: Mathematics, Statistics, and Information and Communication Systems Engineering. There are about 2,000 students in this town.^{[citation needed]} Karlovasi is a town with a rich history in culture and in commerce, being a flourishing tannery and tobacco manufacturing centre in the early 1900's. Many magnificent neoclassical mansions can be seen from that period as well as the remains of the large stone-built factories at the "Ormos" seaside.

As a result of the "Capodistrias" unification program, the town of Karlovasi (pop. 5,740) is the administration centre for the nearby villages of Platanos, Drakeoi, Kastania, Leka, Nikoloudes, Konteika, Kontakeika, Idroussa and Agioi Theodoroi.