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'''Souda''' is a town and a municipality in [[Chania prefecture]] on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Crete]].

The population of the town was 6,425 while that of the municipality 7,840, according to the [[2001]] census.

==Towns==
*Souda
*[[Kalami (Chania)|Kalami]]
*[[Tsikalaria]]

[[Category:Chania prefecture]]
[[Category:Crete]]

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 Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central [[Chania]], although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds. In the [[1870s]], they began to build a new settlement here which grew as the port expanded. Souda Bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean and is easy to defend.
-Now Souda is the arrival point for ferries from [[Pireaus]]. There is also a NATO naval base located in Souda and across the bay, with military accommodation and hospital in the town. Much of the command, particularly for US forces, is found across the bay on the [[Akrotiri (Crete)|Akrotiri]]. A grain silo overshadows the centre of town. Perhaps because of its nature as a departure point and military town, it is not popular with tourists and can appear seedy and threatening. However it is well-served with shops of all types and some renowned fish restaurants in the old centre.
+Now Souda is the arrival point for ferries from [[Piraeus]]. There is also a NATO naval base located in Souda and across the bay, with military accommodation and hospital in the town. Much of the command, particularly for US forces, is found across the bay on the [[Akrotiri (Crete)|Akrotiri]]. A grain silo overshadows the centre of town. Perhaps because of its nature as a departure point and military town, it is not popular with tourists and can appear seedy and threatening. However it is well-served with shops of all types and some renowned fish restaurants in the old centre.
 The Allied war cemetery, mostly of soldiers from [[World War II]], is found in Souda on the shore. There are 1,527 graves, mostly British with 447 New Zealanders and 197 Australians. Buried in the cemetery is the archaeologist John Pendlebury. Pendlebury was the curator at [[Knossos]] for the British School in [[Athens]] and had been continuing excavations in Crete until the war. He was executed by the Germans in [[1941]] whilst working for British Intelligence.

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-'''Souda''' is a town and a municipality in [[Chania prefecture]] on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Crete]].
+'''Souda''' is a town and a municipality in [[Chania prefecture]] on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Crete]]. It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of [[Souda Bay]].
-The population of the town was 6,425 while that of the municipality 7,840, according to the [[2001]] census.
+Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central [[Chania]], although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds. In the [[1870s]], they began to build a new settlement here which grew as the port expanded. Souda Bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean and is easy to defend.
-==Towns==
+Now Souda is the arrival point for ferries from [[Pireaus]]. There is also a NATO naval base located in Souda and across the bay, with military accommodation and hospital in the town. Much of the command, particularly for US forces, is found across the bay on the [[Akrotiri (Crete)|Akrotiri]]. A grain silo overshadows the centre of town. Perhaps because of its nature as a departure point and military town, it is not popular with tourists and can appear seedy and threatening. However it is well-served with shops of all types and some renowned fish restaurants in the old centre.
 [[Category:Chania prefecture]]
 [[Category:Crete]]