Pelekanos is a former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. Pelekanos is in the south west corner of the island, part of the rugged and remote Selino Province. The Venetians

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 built a castle - Kastel Selinou - at Palaiochora

Palaiochora

Palaiochora is a small town in Chania prefecture. Paleochora is located 77 km south of Chania, on the southwest coast of Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400m wide and 700m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the Libyan Sea...

, giving the region its name. Palaiochora is now a growing coastal resort and the capital town of the municipality.

There are 35 villages in Pelekanos including:

• Palaiochora
  Palaiochora
  Palaiochora is a small town in Chania prefecture. Paleochora is located 77 km south of Chania, on the southwest coast of Crete and occupies a small peninsula 400m wide and 700m long. The town is set along 11 km of coastline bordering the Libyan Sea...
  
  
• Prodromi
  Prodromi
  Prodromi is a village in the municipal unit of Pelekanos, Chania Prefecture, Crete, Greece. The name of the village in 18th century was "Peroudo Vrisi". The current name is from the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos...
  
  
• Koundoura
• Anidri
• Voutas
• Sklavopoula
• Sarakina