Amari (municipality)
Amari Αμάρι |
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Country | Greece |
Administrative region | Crete |
Regional unit | Rethymno |
Area | |
• Municipality | 277.7 km2 (107.2 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Municipality | 5,915 |
• Municipality density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
Community | |
• Population | 142 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Amari (Greek: Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini.[2] One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.[3] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.[4]
Municipality
The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]
Province
The province of Amari (Greek: Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[5] It was abolished in 2006.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ↑ Crete: Amari Valley
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
- ↑ Detailed census results 1991 PDF (39 MB) (Greek) (French)