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Sfaka

Sfaka

Key facts

population312
instance ofvillage
countryGreece
located in the administrative territorial entitySitia Municipality
All data from the card 8
Country
Greece
Administrative region
Crete
Regional unit
Lasithi
Municipality
Siteia
Municipal unit
Siteia
• Community
323
Time zone
UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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