Kissamos
Kissamos is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island.
- Type: Town with 5,000 residents
- Description: town in Chania, Crete, Greece
- Also known as: “Kasteli Kissamou”, “Kastelli Kissamou”, “Kastéllion”, and “Kisamos”
- Postal code: 73400
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Kissamos and Kasteli of Kissamos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drapanias and Pollyrinia.
Drapanias
Pollyrinia
Village
Polyrrhenia or Polyrrenia, Polyrrhen or Polyrren or Polyren, or Pollyrrhenia or Pollyrrenia, or Polyrrenion or Polyrrhenium, was a town and polis in the northwest of ancient Crete, whose territory occupied the whole western extremity of the island, extending from north to south. Pollyrinia is situated 4½ km south of Kissamos.
Kissamos
Latitude
35.4933° or 35° 29′ 36″ north
Longitude
23.6595° or 23° 39′ 34″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR KIS
Open location code
8G75FMV5+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Zulu—“Kissamos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kisamosi”
- Arabic: “كيساموس”
- Armenian: “Կիսամոս”
- Asturian: “Kissamos”
- Bulgarian: “Кисамос”
- Catalan: “Kíssamos”
- Cebuano: “Kíssamos”
- Chinese: “基萨莫斯”
- Chinese: “基薩莫斯”
- Dutch: “Kissamos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيساموس”
- Estonian: “Kíssamos”
- Finnish: “Kissamos”
- Finnish: “Kíssamos”
- French: “Kastélli-Kissámou”
- French: “Kastélli”
- French: “Kísamos”
- French: “Kissamos”
- French: “Kíssamos”
- German: “Kasteli Kissamou”
- German: “Kissamos”
- German: “Kíssamos”
- Greek: “Καστέλι Κισάμου”
- Greek: “Καστέλι”
- Greek: “Καστέλλι Κισσάμου”
- Greek: “Καστέλλι”
- Greek: “Κίσαμος”
- Greek: “Κίσσαμος Χανίων”
- Greek: “Κίσσαμος”
- Greek: “Κισσάμου”
- Italian: “Chisamo”
- Italian: “Chissamo”
- Italian: “Kissamos”
- Japanese: “キサモス”
- Japanese: “キッサモス”
- Latin: “Cisamus”
- Latin: “Cissamus”
- Lithuanian: “Kisamas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kíssamos”
- Persian: “کیساموس”
- Polish: “Kisamos”
- Polish: “Kissamos”
- Portuguese: “Castéli Cissámou”
- Portuguese: “Castéli-Cissámou”
- Portuguese: “Castelli”
- Portuguese: “Castélli”
- Portuguese: “Císsamos”
- Portuguese: “Kastelii”
- Portuguese: “Kastélii”
- Portuguese: “Kastélli Kissámou”
- Portuguese: “Kísamos”
- Portuguese: “Kissamos”
- Portuguese: “Kíssamos”
- Russian: “Кисамос”
- Spanish: “Castelli”
- Spanish: “Kastelli”
- Spanish: “Kastélli”
- Spanish: “Kísamos”
- Spanish: “Kissamos”
- Spanish: “Kíssamos”
- Swedish: “Kastelli-Kissamos”
- Swedish: “Kastelli”
- Swedish: “Kissamos”
- Turkish: “Kisamu”
- Urdu: “کیساموس”
- Vietnamese: “Kissamos”
- Zulu: “Kissamos”
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