Zarakas ( el, Ζάρακας) is a municipal unitδημοτική ενότητα - ''dimotiki enotita'' and a former
municipality
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Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...
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Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
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Greece
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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 1,378 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in the town of
Reichea
''Myrcianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856.
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Charakas
Charakas ( el, Χάρακας) is a village in the municipal unit of Asterousia on Crete, Greece with about 1000 inhabitants. It is about 45 km south from Heraklion, which is the largest city of Crete. The village lies on the foothills of As ...
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Ierakas
Ierakas ( el, Γέρακας) 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, ( el, Λιμάνι) providing docks for ...
Pistamata
Pistamata ( el, Πιστάματα) is a hill village in northern Monemvasia municipality, Laconia, Greece. The village is located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese on the road between the villages of Charakas and Lampo ...
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Reichea
''Myrcianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1856.Populated places in LaconiaMonemvasia
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