Amari (municipality)
Municipality in Greece
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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] The municipal unit has an area of 277.285 km2 (107.060 sq mi).[3] One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.[4] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.[5]
Amari
Αμάρι | |
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  Amari | |
| Coordinates: 35°14′N 24°39′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Rethymno |
| Seat | Agia Foteini |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 277.3 km2 (107.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Municipality | 5,572 |
| • Density | 20.09/km2 (52.04/sq mi) |
| • Community | 189 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |