Selino Province is a province

Provinces of Greece

The provinces of Greece were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially finance services and education, as well as for electoral purposes...

 and historical region of Crete

Crete

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. It is located in the remote southwestern corner of the island, in Chania Prefecture

Chania Prefecture

Chania is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western part of Crete is bounded to the north by the Cretan Sea, and to the west...

. It is a rugged and remote area in the foothills of the Lefka Ori

Lefka Ori

Lefka Ori or Madares is a mountain range located in Western Crete, in the Chania prefecture. The White Mountains or Lefka Ori occupy a good part of the centre of West Crete and are the main feature of the region...

 (White Mountains) and also includes Gavdos

Gavdos

Gavdos is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much bigger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the peripheral unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province. It is the southernmost point of...

, an island to the south of Crete considered the southernmost point in Europe

Europe

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. Selino's historical capital is Kandanos

Kandanos

Kandanos or Kantanos is a town and former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the southwest of the...

, but its largest village is Paleochora. Sougia

Sougia

Sougia is a village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located on the south coast of the island, 70 km south of Chania. It has 109 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino...

 is a small but growing resort.

The province is divided into three municipalities and a community:

• Anatoliko Selino
  Anatoliko Selino
  East Selino is a former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated on the south-west coast of the island of Crete...
  
  
• Kandanos
  Kandanos
  Kandanos or Kantanos is a town and former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kantanos-Selino, of which it is a municipal unit. It was part of the former Selino Province which covered the southwest of the...
  
  
• Pelekanos
  Pelekanos
  Pelekanos is a former municipality in the Chania peripheral unit, Crete, Greece. 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...
  
  
• Gavdos - island and community

The region's name derives from the Venetian

Venice

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 castle at Paleochora, 'Kastello Selino'. Paleochora, now a resort, and the capital Kandanos are the two principal towns in Selino. Sougia

Sougia

Sougia is a village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It is located on the south coast of the island, 70 km south of Chania. It has 109 residents and it's within the municipality of East Selino...

is a small but growing resort.