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The village of Sassalos is located 21km away from Kastelli or Kissamos, and 57.5 km from Hania on the road to Kaloudiana - Herethiana- Sfakopigadi - Malathiros - Sassalos, at an altitude of 340 m. a.s.l and has 57 permanent residents.
The village is mentioned by Fr. Barozzi since 1577. A little before the village of Sassalos, starts the gorge of Halase or Sassalos gorge, a relatively small one which leads to Tiflos river 7-8km farther to north, and is worthy to walk.
It is the seat of the municipality which includes the villages:
Sassalos (57 residents)
Koundoudiana (15 residents)
Maneriana (55 residents)
The village is mentioned by Fr. Barozzi since 1577.
A few distance before the village of Sassalos, starts the gorge of Salasse, a small one which leads to Tyflos river, and is worthy to walk.
This region, is a mountainous area, begining at Topolia on the north, and ending just below the top of Dikaios mount (1008 m) on the south and it is delimited by Koutroulis mount (1071 m) and by the peak of Psilo Kefali mount (901 m) on the western side, while Sassalos & Milonou settlements are the east side borders. This area includes Topolia gorge, with Tiflos river, originating at Dikaios mt. and streamig down through the gorge); the north side and the summit of Dikaios mount, the east side and the summit of Koutroulis mount and the lower mountains of Psilo Kefali, Oxo Koproula (695 m), Vitsilangos (683 m) and Sellakia (573 m). The well known cave of Agia Sofia is also in the area.The mountainous vegetation is mainly phryganic, dominated by the shrubby perennials Sarcopoterium spinosum, Coridothymus capitatus, Calicotome villosa and Cistus creticus. There are also shrub and tree formations of Pistacia lentiscus and Ceratonia siliqua. Chestnut groves (Castanea sativa), one of the rare chestnut formations in Crete, are situated between Elos and Pervolia settlements. Maquis formations with Arbutus unedo and Erica manipuliflora are commom on non-limestone substrate.Olea europea groves occupy a considerable part of the site.
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