Amari Αμάρι | |
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  Amari | |
| Coordinates:35°14′N24°39′E / 35.233°N 24.650°E /35.233; 24.650 | |
| 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) |
Amari (Greek:Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality inRethymno regional unit,Crete,Greece. The seat of the municipality is the villageAgia 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 theAmari Valley, a landform of high elevation known forolive cultivation.[4] It is thought thatMonastiraki was developed byPhaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.[5]
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]
The province of Amari (Greek:Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of theprovinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[6] It was abolished in 2006.
Administrative division of theCrete Region | ||
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| Regional unit ofChania |  | |
| Regional unit ofHeraklion | ||
| Regional unit ofLasithi | ||
| Regional unit ofRethymno | ||
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