Salakos
Salakos is a village of 500 people on the west side of Rhodes Island. It is 40 km from the capital Rhodes town and 7 km from the North West coast. The village is located on the hills of Mount Prophitis Ilias.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 508 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Salaco” and “Sálakhos”
- Postal code: 85106
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profitis Ilias.
Profitis Ilias
Peak
Photo: Trendy64, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Profitis Ilias is a 798-metre-high mountain on the Greek island of Rhodes. It is named for the biblical Elijah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Apollona and Kalavarda.
Apollona
Village
Photo: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Apollona is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Salakos.
Kalavarda
Village
Kalavarda is a small town in the island of Rhodes, Greece with a population of 514. It is about 28 kilometers from the island's capital, Rhodes, and about 52 kilometers from the city Lindos. Kalavarda is situated 6 km north of Salakos.
Fanes
West along the coast road of Rhodes is the village of Fanes, just west of Soroni, with a picturesque harbour and a flat isolated beach with tamarisk trees for some natural shade.Salakos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Rhodes, Dodecanese, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.28963° or 36° 17′ 23″ northLongitude
27.94342° or 27° 56′ 36″ eastPopulation
508Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)Open location code
8G897WQV+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 262299699OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
254147Wikidata ID
Q7403501
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Salakos” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Profitis Elias and Kapi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle of Salakos and Nikolaos Chapel.
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