Attavyros ( el, Αττάβυρος) is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

on the island of

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...

, in the Dodecanese,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

, of which it is a municipal unit.

Geography

The population is 2,433 (2011 census); the land area is 234.350 km². It is the westernmost municipal unit on the island, occupying the central portion of its western coast. The seat of the municipality was in Emponas (pop. 1,061). Its largest other towns are Ágios Isídoros (355) and Kritinia (454). In land area it is the second-largest municipal unit on Rhodes and the second-least

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, after South Rhodes (Notia Rodos). The municipal unit is composed by five communities:

Gallery

File:Rhodes island aerial.jpg, Aerial view of

Attavyros Attavyros ( el, Αττάβυρος) or Atavyros (Ατάβυρος) is the highest mountain on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese in Greece. It rises to a height of 1,215 m. It lies to the south of the village of Embonas. In Greek mythology ...

mountain and municipal unit File:Attavyros.JPG, Attavyros mountain File:ZeusTempelAtt.jpg, Temple of Zeus at the top of Attavyros Mountain

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{{Rhodes div Populated places in Rhodes