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Periphery: Crete
Prefectures : Chania , Heraklion, Lasithi , Rethymno

Statistics
Periphery:	Crete
Capital:	Rethymno
Area:	1,496 km² Ranked 44th
Elevation:	Lowest: sea level Highest: south-central part
Inhabitants:	86,532 Ranked 37th
Population density:	54.67/km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-93
FIPS code:	GR44
Car designation:	PE
Code for the municipalities:	-xx
Number of provinces:	4
Number of municipalities:	11
Number of communities:	none
Area/distance code:	283x0
Postal code	74x xx
2-letter abbreviation/HASC:	RT

Rethymno (IPA ['reθimno]) (Greek Ρέθυμνο) is a prefecture in the island of Crete, Greece. Its capital is the city of Rethymno.

Today its main income is tourism. The countryside of the prefecture is also based economically on agriculture and herding. The village of Anogia is reported to have the highest fertility rate of the EU. Two other notable towns in the Rethymno prefecture are Spili and Agia Galini.

Famous inhabitants of the Rethymno Prefecture

Municipalities

Municipality	YPES code	Seat	Postal code	Area code
Anogeia	4401	Anogeia	740 51	28340
Arkadi	4402	Adele	741 00	28310-8
Foinikas	4411	Myrthios	740 60	28320-3
Geropotamos	4403	Perama	740 52	28340-2
Kouloukonas	4404	Garazo	740 54	28320-4
Kourites	4405	Fourfouras	740 62	28330-4
Lampi	4406	Spili	740 66	28320-2
Lappa	4407	Episkopi	740 55	28310-6
Nikiforos Fokas	4408	Athanatos Gonias	741 00	28310-3
Rethymno	4409	Rethymno	741 00	28310-2 through 9
Syvritos	4410	Agia Fotini	740 61	28330-2