West Mani ( el, Δυτική Μάνη - ''Dytiki Mani'') is a municipality in the
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...
regional unit,
Peloponnese,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. The seat of the municipality is the town
Kardamyli
Kardamili ( el, Καρδαμύλη, variously transliterated as ''Kardamyle'', ''Cardamyle'', ''Kardhamili'', and ''Kardamyli'', and sometimes called "Skardamoula", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of ...
.
The municipality has an area of 402.809 km
2.
It comprises the northwestern part of the
Mani region. The southeastern part of Mani is covered by the municipality
East Mani, in
Laconia.
Municipality
The municipality West Mani was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
[
* Avia
* Lefktro
]
References
Municipalities of Peloponnese (region)
Populated places in Messenia
Mani Peninsula
{{Peloponnese-geo-stub