East Selino is a former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete

Crete

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, Greece

Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the south-west coast of the island of Crete. It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the mountain and coastal region west of Sfakia

Sfakia

Sfakiá is a mountainous area in the southwestern part of the island of Crete, in the Chania peripheral unit. It is considered one of the few places in Greece to never have been fully occupied by foreign powers...

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The seat of the municipality was Kampanos. The other villages are Seliniotikos Gyros, Agia Irini

Agia Eirini, Chania

Agia Eirini is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 84 residents and it is within the municipality of East Selino . Agia Eirini is the starting point of the Agia Eirini Gorge....

, Epanochori

Epanochori

Epanochori may refer to several places in Greece:*Epanochori, Chania, a village in the prefecture of Chania*Epanochori, Euboea, a village in the island of Euboea...

, Prines

Prines

Prines is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 133 residents . It is part of the community Epanochori within the municipal unit of East Selino ....

, Tsiskiana

Tsiskiana

Tsiskiana is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 30 residents . It is part of the community Epanochori within the municipal unit of East Selino ....

, Argastiri

Argastiri

Argastiri is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 22 residents , its elevation is 650 meters above sea level and it lies 48 km south of Chania. It is within the municipality of East Selino . A battle took place in Argastiri during the Greek War of...

, Skafi

Skafi

Skafi is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 70 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino ....

, Pera Skafi

Pera Skafi

Pera Skafi is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 62 residents . It is part of the community Skafi within the municipal unit of East Selino ....

, Maralia

Maralia

Maralia is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 40 residents . It is part of the community Kampanos within the municipal unit of East Selino ....

, Agriles

Agriles

Agriles is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 45 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino ....

, Livada

Livada

Livada may refer to:*Several places in Bulgaria:**Livada, Burgas, a village in Kameno municipality, Burgas Province*Several places in Greece:**Livada, Crete, a village in Chania Prefecture in Crete*Several places in Romania:...

, Rodovani

Rodovani

Rodovani is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 122 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino . Near Rodovani is located the ancient city of Elyros....

, Kamaria

Kamaria

Kamaria is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 37 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino ....

, Maza

Maza

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, Temenia

Temenia

Temenia is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 77 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino . Near Temenia is located the ancient city of Yrtakina. In Temenia also there is a spring-spa. Because of the healthy water, there is a small hotel...

, Papadiana

Papadiana

Pappadiana is a community in the municipal unit of Keramia, Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 448 residents ....

, Strati, Moni

Moni

Moni was, after Imra, the second-most important god in the pre-Islamic pantheon of the Hindukush Kafir people. With his breath, Imra created Moni and Gish. Moni was believed to be a divine prophet, whom Imra selected to fulfill his behests. Nearly every Kafir village had a temple devoted to Moni....

, Sougia

Sougia

Sougia is a village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located on the south coast of the island, 70 km south of Chania. It has 109 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino...

, Livadas

Livadas

Livadas is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. The village is built at an elevation of 300 m. It has 24 residents . It is part of the community Sougia within the municipal unit of East Selino...

 and Koustogerako

Koustogerako

Koustogerako is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 76 residents and it belongs to the municipality of East Selino . The village is built in a wild, beautiful position, at an elevation of 510m. Deep gorges and steep mountain cliffs surround the village...

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Within Anatoliko Selino lies the Agia Eirini Gorge

Agia Eirini Gorge

Agia Eirini Gorge is located in the south-west of the island of Crete, Greece, in Lefka Ori. The gorge starts near the village of Agia Eirini and it ends near the village of Sougia, on the south coast. It is long and deep, in a forested area with steep mountain cliffs, and is easy to walk...

, the ruins of the ancient cities of Elyros

Elyros

Elyros is an ancient city, located in southwest Crete, in Kefala Hill, near the village Rodovani and is presently unexcavated. Elyros was flourishing at least as early as the Greek Classical Period, e.g. 500 to 350 BC. In the Classical Period Elyros was the most important ancient city in...

, Lissos

Lissos

Lissos is an ancient city in south-west Crete, in Agios Kirikos area, near the small village of Sougia, 70 km south of Chania....

, Yrtakina

Yrtakina

Yrtakina was an ancient city in south-west Crete. The city was located between the existing villages Temenia and Papadiana, on Kastri hill, where the ruins of the city are situated....

 and Syia

Syia

Syia is an ancient city in south-west Crete. It is located in Sougia village, 70 km south of Chania.-History:Like Lissos, Syia was a capacious and safe harbour of Elyros. Strabo calls the town Syba. The name derives probably from the word “sys , i.e. hog. Therefore, Syia is the “hog-city”...

 and many Byzantine churches. The area's main product is olive oil

Olive oil

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. Sougia

Sougia

Sougia is a village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located on the south coast of the island, 70 km south of Chania. It has 109 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino...

 is a growing beach resort with a few small hotels and taverna

Taverna

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