Moudros () is a town and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

on the island of

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the entire eastern peninsula of the island, with a land area of 185.127 km², covering 38.8% of the island's territory. The municipal seat was the town of Moúdros. Its next largest town is Kontopouli. The municipal unit's total population was 3,398 in the 2021 census.

History

During the Dardanelles Campaign of the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, the town and its harbour were used as an Allied base, commanded by Admiral

Rosslyn Wemyss Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss, (12 April 1864 – 24 May 1933), known as Sir Rosslyn Wemyss between 1916 and 1919, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he ...

. The British Empire troops used the form ''Mudros''. On 30 October 1918, it was the site of the signing of the

Armistice of Mudros The Armistice of Mudros () ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre between Ottoman Turkey and the Allies of World War I. It was signed on 30 October 1918 by the Ottoman Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey and British Admiral Somerset ...

, which saw the end of hostilities between the

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and the Allies. Moudros has a

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

(CWGC) cemetery for 148 Australian and 76 New Zealander soldiers who died during the Gallipoli Campaign.Ottoman military graveyard found on Greek island off Gallipoli
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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Moudros is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Fisini (Fisini, Agia Sofia) * Kalliopi * Kaminia (Kaminia, Voroskopos) * Kontopouli (Kontopouli, Agios Alexandros, Agios Theodoros) * Lychna (Lychna, Anemoessa) *Moudros (Moudros, Koukonisi) * Panagia (Panagia, Kortisonas) * Plaka * Repanidi (Repanidi, Kotsinos) * Roussopouli * Romanou * Skandali

References

External links

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