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Temenia (Greek: Τεμένια) is a community and a small village in Chania regional unit on the island of
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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. It is part of the municipal unit of
East Selino East Selino ( el, Ανατολικό Σέλινο) is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. The mun ...
(''Anatoliko Selino''). The community consists of the following villages (population in 2011): *Temenia, pop. 49 *Pappadiana, pop. 3 *Stratoi, pop. 15 Near Temenia is located the ancient city of
Yrtakina Hyrtacina or Hyrtakina ( grc, Ὑρτακίνα), also written as Hyrsacina or Hyrsakina (Ὑρσακίνα),''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' p. 18. or Artacina or Artakina (Ἀρτάκινα), was a city of ancient Crete, which, little as we learn of ...
. In Temenia also there is a spring-spa. Because of the healthy water, there is a small hotel and a refreshments factory in Temenia.


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{{Kantanos-Selino div Populated places in Chania (regional unit)