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Nenita Community

Tel: +30 22710 61451
Eighteen kilometers far from Chios town, is located a big settlement, named Nenita. The village is stretched out on a wide slope from where supervise the olive groves and the shore. During the Medieval times Nenita was the biggest from all the Mastichochoria, with 2500 population, while today has been reduced to 1000 people. Nenita is the cultural center of the Mastichochoria. The residents are mainly occupied with the cultivation of the land and particularly with the mastic -trees. Up from the village is the newest Monastery of Taxiarches. There are two more churches in the area, Saint George and Agioi Anargiroi. Near the village's beach are located the settlements of Gridia and Vokaria. The second is the closest point to the shores of Asia Minor.