Plaka
Plaka is a village located in the Apokoronas region of the northwest coast of the island of Crete, Greece. It is located in Chania regional unit. Plaka is two kilometres from Almyrida, a resort which it overlooks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 231 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Plaka, Chania”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Restaurant Ammos and Koutalas Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almyrida and Kampia.
Almyrida
Village
Photo: Jlundqvi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Almyrida is a seaside resort village located in the municipality of Apokoronas on the northwest coast of the island of Crete, Greece. The village is approximately 20 kilometers from Chania, in the Chania regional unit.
Kampia
Hamlet
Kokkino Chorio
Village
Plaka
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Apokoronas, Chania, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
35.45105° or 35° 27′ 4″ northLongitude
24.21109° or 24° 12′ 40″ eastPopulation
231Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
8G76F626+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 305074885OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255129Wikidata ID
Q7200818
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Plaka” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Pláka (Chaniá)”
- Finnish: “Pláka”
- French: “Pláka”
- German: “Plaka (Apokoronas)”
- German: “Plaka”
- Greek: “Πλάκα Χανίων”
- Greek: “Πλάκα”
- Japanese: “プラカ”
- Russian: “Плака”
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