Mantamados

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Mantamados (Μανταμάδος/Mantamaδos) is a municipality on the island of Lesbos, in the Lesbos Prefecture, Greece. It is located at the northeast corner of the island, and has a land area of 122.435 km². Its population was 3,210 at the 2001 census. The municipal seat is the town of Mantamádos (pop. 1,156). Its largest other towns are Kápi (654), Kleió (551), and Pelópi (512).

Mantamados is very famous for the monastery of the Archangel Michael of Mantamados, popular among the believers of Greece, on the outskirts of the village. The canteen within its yard makes tasty traditional doughnuts (without the ring and dipped in honey and ground walnuts). The island is also famous for its cheese (Ladotyri) and for its farms. It was also one of the few places in Greece to have a mayor belonging to the Greek Communist Party until 2000.

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Official website (Greek)

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Municipalities	Agia Paraskevi • Agiasos • Atsiki • Eresos-Antissa • Evergetoulas • Gera • Kalloni • Loutropoli Thermis • Mantamados • Mithymna • Moudros • Myrina • Mytilene • Nea Koutali • Petra • Plomari • Polichnitos

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