Sykologos (Greek: Συκολόγος) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the Heraklion regional unit, in Crete, Greece. The community includes the villages Ano Vigla and Tertsa.[2] It is 81.5 km from Heraklion, 16 km from Ano Viannos, 28 km from Ierapetra and 7.5 km from the coastline of the Libyan Sea at Tertsa. Today it is a part of Municipality of Viannos. Olives and bananas are the main crops. The name Sykologos stems from an ancient word for "fig collector".
Sykologos
Συκολόγος | |
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  Sykologos | |
| Coordinates: 35°1.2′N 25°30.7′E / 35.0200°N 25.5117°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Heraklion |
| Municipality | Viannos |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Community | 305 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 532 | — |
| 1961 | 523 | −1.7% |
| 1971 | 487 | −6.9% |
| 1981 | 474 | −2.7% |
| 1991 | 371 | −21.7% |
| 2001[3] | 362 | −2.4% |
| 2011[2] | 396 | +9.4% |
| 2021[1] | 305 | −23.0% |
References edit
- ^ a b "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21.
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