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Maronia is 12 km from Sitia, situated on the main Sitia -­ lerapetra road. In the 1583 census the Venetians Iisted it as Marunea with 120 inhabitants - the local people still pronounce it «Maroonia». According to tradition the first…

Katsidoni (530 m altitude) a village about 16 km from Sitia on the road to Karidi. In the Venetian census of 1583 Cazzidoni is listed with 213 inhabitants and Sandali which also belongs to the same community with 371. Sandali…

The outermost village of the Handras-Ziros plateau. It is situated about 35 km distant from Sitia and some 8 km inland from the coast of the Libyan Sea so that even though the village is not right on the coast…

This village belongs to the Ziros community (former municipality of Lefki) and, since it is not mentioned by the Venetians in the 1583 census, it was probably founded after the 16th century. At the time of the 1881 census the…

Α most graphic village with a very healthy climate and plenty of water. It is about 9 km from Sitia and reached by a road that branches off the Sitia - Palekastro road beyond the rise at Tripitos. As it…

This village, renamed in 1955, is located 14 km away from Sitia on the Sitia-Ierapetra road. To the same community belong also the hamlets of Pano Episkopi Drapani, Sotira and Vouvali. The origin of the old name is unknown. M.…

This village which has plenty of water. Is located about 2 km away from Kria and 27 from Sitia on the Stavrohori road. The name certainly comes from the plant (Dafni: laurel or bay tree). It is entered as Dafni with…

Until 1955 this village was known by its old name Roukaka, which must be of Turkish or possibly Arabic origin. It is situated on the road that runs from Sitia via Achladia to Stavrohori and is not far from this…