[2] It is located on the central east coast of the island.

Its municipal seat is the town of Sami West of town is the Melissani Cave, a major tourist attraction; boat tours are offered.

Following the Kapodistrias reform of 1997, the community of Sami was united with the surrounding communities Grizata, Karavomylos, Poulata, Pyrgi and Chaliotata to form the larger municipality of Sami.

[5] In 2019 three new municipalities were formed on the island, including Sami.

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