Pacheia Ammos
Pacheia Ammos
Παχειά Άμμος | |
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  Pacheia Ammos Location within Greece | |
| Coordinates: 35°06′32″N 25°48′18″E / 35.109°N 25.805°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Lasithi |
| Municipality | Ierapetra |
| Municipal unit | Ierapetra |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 827 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pacheia Ammos (Greek: Παχειά Άμμος, also Pachiá Ámmos[2]) is a village in the municipality of Ierapetra on the island of Crete in Greece. It is located on the north coast of the island, 15 km to the north of the city of Ierapetra, at the fork in the road that leads to Heraklion in the west and Sitia in the east.
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References
- ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ↑ Facaros, Dana (2007). The Greek islands. Internet Archive. Cadogan Guides ; Globe Pequot Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-86011-325-3.
Pachiá Ámmos, a woebegone seaside village that corners most of the garbage in the sea, stands at the start of the Ierápetra road bisecting the 12km ' isthmus of Crete ' separating the Aegean and Libyan seas. This was settled by the Minoans by 2600 BC at Vasilikí, 5km south of Pachiá Ámmos and the source of the first examples of 'Vasilikí ware', the Minoans' first distinctive pottery style, mottled in red and black, an effect produced by uneven firing.