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Palaiochora

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Palaiochora () is a small town in Chania regional unit, Greece. It is located 70 km south of Chania, on the southwest coast of Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400 m wide and 700 m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the Libyan Sea. It is the seat of the municipality of Kantanos–Selino and its population was 2,181 in the 2021 census.

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Place details

Locality
Παλαιόχωρα
Region
Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
Country
Ελλάς
Population
2,372
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Palaiochora
Greek Dimos.name_local
Παλαιόχωρα
Greek Dimos.type
community
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
Paleochora, Crete, 145427.jpg
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
Town of Palaiochora
Greek Dimos.periph
Crete
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Chania
Greek Dimos.municipality
Kantanos-Selino
Greek Dimos.municunit
Pelekanos
Greek Dimos.pop_community
2181
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.elevation
56
Greek Dimos.postal_code
730 01
Greek Dimos.area_code
28230
Greek Dimos.licence
ΧΝ

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Greece
Population
1675
Elevation
58
Image
Palaiochora 1997104.jpg
Dialing code
2823
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Commons category
Palaiochora
postal code
730 01
native label
Παλαιοχώρα
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Palaiochora () is a small town in Chania regional unit, Greece. It is located 70 km south of Chania, on the southwest coast of Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400 m wide and 700 m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the Libyan Sea. It is the seat of the municipality of Kantanos–Selino and its population was 2,181 in the 2021 census.

==Economy== Palaiochora's economy is based on tourism and agriculture (mainly the cultivation of tomatoes in greenhouses, and also olive oil production). It has been a holiday destination since the early 1970s when it was popular with hippies.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palaiochora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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