Government
Samos is a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Samos was created out of part of the former Samos Prefecture. At the same reform, the current municipality Samos was created out of the 4 former municipalities:
- Karlovasi
- Marathokampos
- Pythagoreio
- Vathy
Samos has a sister town called Samo, which is located in Calabria, Italy.
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