Amari () is a village and a municipality in

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regional unit,

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. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini. The municipal unit has an area of . One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for

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cultivation. It is thought that

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was developed by

Phaistos Phaistos (, ; Ancient Greek: , , Linear B: ''Pa-i-to''; Linear A: ''Pa-i-to''), also Transliteration, transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, is a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Faistos, a municipality in south centr ...

inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.C.Michael Hogan, ''Phaistos Fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
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Municipality

The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Kourites * Sivritos

Province

The province of Amari () was one of the

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of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.

References

{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece Municipalities of Crete Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit) Provinces of Greece