Rethymno () is one of the four regional units of

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. Its capital is the city of

Rethymno Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) 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 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built ...

. Today, its main income is tourism. The countryside is also based economically on agriculture and herding.

Administration

The regional unit Rethymno is subdivided into five municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox): * Agios Vasileios (2) * Amari (3) *

Anogeia Anogeia (Ανώγεια) is a municipality in the Rethymno (regional unit), Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of ., excluding the former municipal departments Axos and Zoniana. Population 2,240 (2021). When exact ...

(4) * Mylopotamos (5) *

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Prefecture

The Rethymno

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() was created while Crete was still an autonomous state, and was preserved after the island joined Greece in 1913. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the Rethymno regional unit was created out of the former prefecture. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.

Provinces

* Rethymno Province - Rethymno * Agios Vasileios Province - Spili * Amari Province - Amari * Mylopotamos Province - Perama ''Note:'' Provinces no longer hold any legal status in

Main towns

The main towns of the regional unit Rethymno are (ranked by 2021 census population): *

34,085 * Violi Charaki 3,185 *

2,201

Notable people

* Kostas Moundakis * Nikos Xilouris * Thanassis Skordalos *

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