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Souda

Souda is a town and former municipality in the , , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Town with 6,730 residents
  • Description: town in Crete, Greece
  • Also known as: “Soúdha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Of Typography and Souda Bay War Cemetery.

Museum
Photo: Wikielia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Greek and printing located near , , at the Park of Small Industries in Souda. It was founded by Yannis Garedakis, owner and founder of the local newspaper Haniotika Nea, with the support of his wife Eleni.

Cemetery
The is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at , , . It contains 19 burials from World War I and 731 World War II burials where the body was identified along with another 776 burials of bodies which are unable to be identified.

Power station
is a natural gas power plant located in on island, . It consists of two gas turbine units with a total capacity of about 120 MW. The power station is owned by the Public Power Corporation. is situated 2½ km west of Souda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malaxa and Nerokouros.

Village
is a village in the on in . The 2021 census counted a population of 150 people in the village. In ancient times the area was under the sphere of influence of the nearby powerful city of . is situated 2½ km south of Souda.

Village
is a village in , in the regional unit of . is situated 3 km southwest of Souda.

Village
is a village in , in the regional unit of . Between 1997 and 2010, it was the seat of the former municipality of Eleftherios Venizelos. is famous for being the place of birth of the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos. is situated 5 km west of Souda.

Souda

Latitude
35.48712° or 35° 29′ 14″ north
Longitude
24.0659° or 24° 3′ 57″ east
Population
6,730
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR SDH
Open location code
8G76F3P8+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1156498593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
253456
Wiki­data ID
Q544242
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Souda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سودا (خانيا)”
  • Arabic: “سودا (خانية)”
  • Arabic: “سودا”
  • Asturian: “Souda”
  • Breton: “Souda”
  • Catalan: “Suda”
  • Cebuano: “Soúda”
  • Chinese: “苏扎”
  • Chinese: “蘇扎”
  • Czech: “Suda”
  • Dutch: “Souda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سودا”
  • Esperanto: “Suda (Kreto)”
  • Esperanto: “Suda”
  • Finnish: “Souda”
  • Finnish: “Soúda”
  • French: “Soúda”
  • German: “Souda”
  • Greek: “Σούδα Χανίων”
  • Greek: “Σούδα”
  • Italian: “Suda”
  • Japanese: “スダ”
  • Latin: “Suda”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Soúda i Khaniá”
  • Persian: “سودا (کرت)”
  • Persian: “سودا”
  • Polish: “Souda”
  • Polish: “Suda”
  • Portuguese: “Souda”
  • Portuguese: “Suda”
  • Romanian: “Souda”
  • Russian: “Суда”
  • Slovenian: “Souda”
  • Spanish: “Suda”
  • Swedish: “Souda”
  • Turkish: “Suda”
  • Urdu: “سودا”

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