Angistri which is Αγκίστρι in Greek and means "fishing hook" is a very small island community in the Saronic Gulf just off the coast of Metropolitan Athens. Angistri is a pine-covered island only a few kilometers away from the harbor of Pireas; the Port of Athens.
There are only three settlements on Angistri - Milos (Megalohori), Skala and Limenaria. Milos has a population of 461 and is the main village where the majority of the Greek population of the island lives. Skala with a population of 354 is a twenty-minute walk from Milos along the coastal road. Skala is where most of the tourist facilities and hotels are. Limenaria with 105 residents is a very small village on the other side of the island with very little tourism. The island's population is 920 inhabitants according to the national Greek census. Its land area is 8.3 miles² or 13.367 km².
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