Chanioti

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Chanioti Χανιώτη
Prefecture:	Chalkidiki
Province:	Polygyros
Municipality:	Pallini
Municipal district:	Polychrono (seat)
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.99975 (39° 59 57") N 23.575 (23° 34' 32") E
Population: (2001) - -Village Percent of the municipality	968 16.45%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	Sithonian Gulf 19 m western part
Postal code:	GR-630 85
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-23740
Car designation:	`XK`

Chanioti, also Chaniotis, Hanioti and Haniotis (Greek, Modern: Πολύχρονο, Katharevousa: -on meaning "pine town), older forms: Polyhronon and Polihronon is a touristic town located in the east of the peninsula of Cassandreia and Chalkidiki (also a prefecture) in Greece. The population in 2001 was 968, the elevation is 10 m. Polychrono is located around 100 km SE of Thessaloniki. Forests dominate the area around the mountainous areas of Polychrono.

Nearest places

Nea Skioni

Geography

Chanioti is situated by the Aegean Sea and the Sithonic Gulf, farmlands are within the coastline as well as residential areas, tourist attractions and others, the mountains covers the rest of the area and has pine forests to the mountains and farmlands in the valleys.

Information

The most famous that is not just its natural beauty is that tourism dominates the industry and has a beach, hotels, spas, restaurants, taverns, etc. Hotels include Hanioti Village and many others. The most infamous was that on August 26, 2006, a forest fire ravaged Chanioti and devastated much of the forests and buildings in the outskirts of the area and was one of the northernmost that was in the danger zone. Several houses and villas were burnt. Hydro was snapped out and roads were closed. All residents were to be evacuated as well as tourists who were to leave the area.

Chanioti was linked with pavement in the mid-20th century and generated a growth on tourism, hydro and phone lines soon followed as well as more paved roads in the 1980s. The populationhas dramatically boomed since the late-1970s and the arrival of tourism.

Population

Year	Town Population	Change	Percent of the municipality
1981	379	-	-
1991	528	+149 or +39.31%	-
2001	968	+440 or +83.3%	16.45%

Other

Chanioti has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a few churches and a few squares (plateies).

External links

Map and aerial photos:
HANIOTI VILLAGE Guide for Hanioti, Chalkidiki
Chaniotis GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)

Street map: Street map from Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps
Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available

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