Palekastro
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Palaikastro or Palekastro (, officially ), with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island Crete. The Kallikratis Programme implemented starting 2011 made the town into a local community (, topikí koinótita) under jurisdiction of the next-highest levels, chained as follows: municipal unit (demotike enoteta) Itanos, municipality (demos) Sitia, regional unit (periphereiakes enotetas) Lasithi, region (periphereia) Crete.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 48 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Palekastro is referenced by 55 other articles, and connects out to Greece, Mediterranean Sea and Greek.
It sits within the topics Minoan sites in Crete, Populated places in Lasithi and Sitia.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Ιτάνου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Κρήτης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 1,254
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Palaikastro
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Παλαίκαστρο
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Παλαίκαστρο 6488.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Panorama looking ENE into the Strait of Kasos over the town from some high ground to the west.
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- K. palekastrou 2017.png
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Map of east Crete. Palaikastro is in red; Lasithi in pink and red
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Lasithi
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Siteia
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Itanos
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 1254
- Greek Dimos.website
- http://www.palaikastro.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 953
- Official website
- palaikastro.com
- Image
- Παλαίκαστρο 6488.jpg
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- Commons category
- Palaikastro
- native label
- Παλαίκαστρο
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Administrative substructure
- Economy
- Historical significance
- Antiquities
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- External links
Palaikastro or Palekastro (, officially ), with the Godart and Olivier abbreviation PK, is a thriving town, geographic heir to a long line of settlements extending back into prehistoric times, at the east end of the Mediterranean island Crete. The Kallikratis Programme implemented starting 2011 made the town into a local community (, topikí koinótita) under jurisdiction of the next-highest levels, chained as follows: municipal unit (demotike enoteta) Itanos, municipality (demos) Sitia, regional unit (periphereiakes enotetas) Lasithi, region (periphereia) Crete.
Until 2017 Palaikastro shared Itanos with Karydi, Zakros, and Mitato (Μητάτο). The latter was located on an altiplano to the west. It had 6 villages, including Mitato ("hut"), named after an ancient stone shepherd's mitato of interest to visitors. However, subsequently the population on the plain diminished to the point where Mitato village had no permanent residents. Consequently, by Presidential Decree No. 70/207, on recommendation of the Minister of the Interior, and approval by Sitia and Palaikastro, K. Mitato was phased out and its settlements were turned over to Palaikastro, which had been collecting the population, and providing the services, anyway.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palekastro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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