Rethymno () is one of the four regional units of

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. Its capital is the city of Rethymno. Today its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding.

Administration

The regional unit Rethymno is subdivided into 5 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Agios Vasileios (2) * Amari (3) * Anogeia (4) * Mylopotamos (5) * Rethymno (1)

Prefecture

The Rethymno

prefecture A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...

( el, Νομός Ρεθύμνου or Ρεθύμνης) was created while Crete was still an autonomous state, and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Rethymno regional unit was created out of the former prefecture. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.

Provinces

* Rethymno Province - Rethymno * Agios Vasileios Province - Spili * Amari Province - Amari * Mylopotamos Province - Perama ''Note:'' Provinces no longer hold any legal status in

Main towns

The main towns of the regional unit Rethymno are (ranked by 2011 census population): * Rethymno 34,300 * Atsipopoulo 4,947 * Anogeia 2,379

Notable people

* Kostas Moundakis * Nikos Xilouris *

Thanassis Skordalos Thanassis Skordalos ( el, Θανάσης Σκορδαλός; born 10 December 1920 – 23 April 1998) was a musician from Crete, noted for playing the lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byza ...

Nick the Greek Nikolaos Andreas Dandolos ( el, Νικόλαος Ανδρέας Δάνδολος; ; April 27, 1883 – December 25, 1966), commonly known as Nick the Greek, was a Greek professional gambler and high roller. Early life Dandolos was the son of ...

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