Zarakas () is a municipal unitδημοτική ενότητα - ''dimotiki enotita'' and a former

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

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti (municipality), Sparta. The word ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Monemvasia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 237.226 km². Population 1,179 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in the town of Reichea. The municipal unit consists of the following local communities (constituent villages between brackets): * Charakas *

Ierakas Ierakas () is a small village built along a natural fjord on the south east coast of Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Zarakas. Ierakas is famous for its port or ''limani'' (), providing docks for yachts and boats. The port vil ...

(Agios Ioannis, Ariana, Ierakas, Limenas Ierakos, Longari) * Kyparissi (Kapsala, Kyparissi, Mitropoli, Paralia) * Lampokampos (Lampokampos, Pistamata) * Reichea (Belesaiika, Reichea)

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Populated places in Laconia Monemvasia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub