Sfaka
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Σητείας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
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- Crete
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- Σφάκα
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Sfaka is a mountain village in Crete, situated between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. Sfaka belongs to the Municipality of Sitia.
It has a long history, and archaeological monuments including the meta-Byzantine icons of "Stavrosis" and the Church "Panagia" in the "Kato Chorio". Sfaka now has 200 - 250 inhabitants, but in the past its population was greater than 2000. Recently, Sfaka has been considered a tourist destination for its port, Mochlos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sfaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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