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    Sfakiá (Greek: Σφακιά) is a mountainous area in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, in the Chania regional unit. It is considered to be one of...
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    Hora Sfakion (category Sfakia)
    Σφακίων) or Sfakia (Σφακιά [sfaˈca]) is a town on the south coast of Crete, Greece. It is the capital of the remote and mountainous region of Sfakiá, and is...
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    Loutro, Chania (category Sfakia)
    Loutro (Greek: Λουτρό) (Greek: "Bath") lies in the municipality of Sfakia, on the south coast of Chania regional unit in west Crete, between Chora Sfakion...
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    intermarriages with occupiers. For residents of mountainous areas, such as Sfakia in western Crete, the aridness and rockiness of the mountains is emphasised...
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    younger than earlier estimates or even older than the ancient tree in Finix (Sfakia). The tree remains productive to this day, having been grafted with the...
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    Koules Spinalonga Natural Cave of Zeus Lasithi Plateau Lefka Ori Matala Messara Plain Mirabello Bay Mount Ida Psychro Cave Vai Other Elounda Sfakia Souda...
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    notably in little cheese pies (handful size) and Sfakiani pita (pie from the Sfakia region). In its salted, aged form it is considered the grating cheese par...
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    Chania, and the districts of Platanias and Apokoronas in the north, and Sfakia and Selino in the far south west corner. Other towns in the Chania prefecture...
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    Chania Apokoronas Kissamos Kydonia Selino Sfakia Heraklion Kainourgio Malevizi Monofatsi Pediada Pyrgiotissa Temenos Viannos Lasithi Ierapetra Lasithi...
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    Kydonia and Apokoronas, based at Chania the Metropolis of Lampi, Syvritos and Sfakia, based at Spili the Metropolis of Hierapytna and Siteia, based at Ierapetra...
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    the following March took possession of Frangokastello, a castle in the Sfakia region. Soon the local Ottoman ruler, Mustafa Naili Pasha, attacked Frangokastello...
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    Chania Apokoronas Kissamos Kydonia Selino Sfakia Heraklion Kainourgio Malevizi Monofatsi Pediada Pyrgiotissa Temenos Viannos Lasithi Ierapetra Lasithi...
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    to protect the retreat of the Commonwealth forces, who were evacuated at Sfakia. Beevor and McDougal Stewart write that the defence of Alikianos gained...
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    Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestosa Rhodoped Samos Saranta Ekklisiesa Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthid Zakynthos...
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  • of Interior and administrative reorganization of Greece (2015) Mayor of Sfakia (2011–2015) Endorsementsː List Nikos Pappas Member of the European Parliament...
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    gather information about insurrectionist agitation in Sfakia. When another revolt broke out in Sfakia in 1319, Kallergis interceded with the rebels and Duke...
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    will be waiting for hikers after they disembark the ferry in Sougia or Sfakia (Chora Sfakion). If you are on your own, you can make a one-day round trip...
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    Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestosa Rhodoped Samos Saranta Ekklisiesa Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthid Zakynthos...
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    Daskalogiannis (category People from Sfakia)
    rule in the 18th century. Ioannis Vlachos was born in Anopolis village in Sfakia, a then semi-autonomous region of Crete, in 1722 or 1730. His father, who...
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    Chania Apokoronas Kissamos Kydonia Selino Sfakia Heraklion Kainourgio Malevizi Monofatsi Pediada Pyrgiotissa Temenos Viannos Lasithi Ierapetra Lasithi...
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    Koules Spinalonga Natural Cave of Zeus Lasithi Plateau Lefka Ori Matala Messara Plain Mirabello Bay Mount Ida Psychro Cave Vai Other Elounda Sfakia Souda...
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    narrowly escaped the Fallschirmjäger by taking the British ship HMS Decoy from Sfakia to Alexandria, where the rest of the royal family had fled to. In Alexandria...
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    Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestosa Rhodoped Samos Saranta Ekklisiesa Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthid Zakynthos...
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    Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestosa Rhodoped Samos Saranta Ekklisiesa Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthid Zakynthos...
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    Sfakianopita (Sfakian pie), traditional Cretan pan-fried thin flat pie from Sfakia stuffed with mizithra cheese drizzled with honey sometimes with sesame seeds...
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    Chania Apokoronas Kissamos Kydonia Selino Sfakia Heraklion Kainourgio Malevizi Monofatsi Pediada Pyrgiotissa Temenos Viannos Lasithi Ierapetra Lasithi...
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    Aradaina (category Sfakia)
    Aradena) is a village in Greece located in the Agios Ioannis Community of the Sfakia municipality in the Chania Regional Unit of Crete. According to the 2011...
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    Pavlos Polakis (category People from Sfakia)
    his political career at the local government level, serving as Mayor of Sfakia from 2011 to 2015. He joined the central political arena as a member of...
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    16 October 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2008. "The Olive Tree and Olive Oil". Sfakia-crete.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2013-01-11...
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    Pieria Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhaedestosa Rhodoped Samos Saranta Ekklisiesa Serres Sfakia Thesprotia Thessaloniki Trikala Trifylia Xanthid Zakynthos...
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