Afantou, Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece
🇬🇷 Afantou (Αφάντου) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the east coast of Rhodes just south of the resort town Faliraki. The other settlements are the village of Archipoli and the resort Kolympia.
The municipal unit also hosts the only golf course of the island, the Afantou-Golf, which is next to one of the longest beaches on the island. The municipal unit has a land area of 46.100 km². In 1996, the Music School of Rhodes (Greece) was transferred from Therme to Afantou due to housing problems for the school whilst it was situated in Therme.
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Afantou has a population of over 6,911 people. Afantou also forms part of the wider Rhodes metropolitan area which has a population of over 115,500 people. Afantou is situated near Rhodes.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Afantou has links with:
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