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'''Xiro Horio''' (also ''Xirohorio'', ''Xero Horio'', and ''Chirochorion'') ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ξηρό Χωριό), a hamlet (place) of approximately 170 residents, which is part of the city of [[Rethymno]], capital of [[Rethymno prefecture]] in the island of [[Crete]], [[Greece]].

The hamlet features access to the Miloi [[Greek language|Greek]]: Μύλοι) Gorge, which leads to the Venetian village by the same name, abandoned for unknown reasons over 100 years ago, and to the [[Byzantine]] chappel of St. Anthony. It also features St. Mark's chappel, which is one of only two in Crete honoring St. Mark.

The hamlet's name consists of two Greek words, "Xiro", meaning dry, and "Horio", meaning village. As the hamlet is adjacent to two large creeks, most residents attribute the location's name to its distinctly dry clmate, as opposed to a lack of water.

Xiro Horio's roots are pre-Ottoman, as it is listed by the name of ''Chirochorion'' in Venetian land and population surveys. In 1901, prior to Crete's union with Greece, Xiro Horio was listed in the Turkish census as having exactly 100 residents, 99 of whom were of the "Musulman faith" and one of the "[[Greek Orthodox]]". In 1922, the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] that resulted from the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]], caused the Cretan Muslems of Xiro Horio to be displaced to what is today Turkey, and the village to be inhabited by Orthodox Christians who in turn had been displaced from Turkey.

Today, the vast majority of residents of Xiro Horio trace their roots to [[Asia Minor]]. During the past decade, many new houses have been built in the hamlet and have been occupied by non-Greek citizens of the European Union, giving the once near-deserted hamlet a new vibrancy.

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