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.
