Amari () is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini. The municipal unit has an area of . One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.Crete: Amari Valley It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.C.Michael Hogan, Phaistos Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2007)
Municipality The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Kourites Sivritos
Province The province of Amari () was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality. It was abolished in 2006.
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