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Nikiforos Fokas ( el, Νικηφόρος Φωκάς) is a former municipality in the Rethymno regional unit,
Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
,
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants ( ...
, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . It was named after the 10th century Byzantine Emperor
Nikephoros II Phokas Nikephoros II Phokas (; – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless included brilliant military exploits whi ...
, who retook the island from the Muslims. Population 8,911 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Gonia Gonia (Greek: ''Γωνιά'') is a village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece, lying at an altitude of ca 222 m amsl, about 10 km southwest of the town of Rethymno Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon ...
. The ancient city of
Eleutherna Eleutherna ( grc-gre, Ἐλεύθερνα), also called Apollonia ( grc-gre, Ἀπολλωνία), was an ancient city-state in Crete, Greece, which lies 25 km southeast of Rethymno in Rethymno regional unit. Archaeologists excavated the si ...
is located within the municipal unit.


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Populated places in Rethymno (regional unit) {{Crete-geo-stub