| Amari | |
| Name Local: | Αμάρι |
| Type: | municipality |
| Periph: | Crete |
| Periphunit: | Rethymno |
| Pop Municipality: | 5572 |
| Area Municipality: | 277.3 |
| Pop Community: | 189 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Coordinates: | 35.2333°N 63°W |
Amari (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αμάρι) is a village and a municipality in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Foteini.[1] The municipal unit has an area of 277.285km2.[2] One of the major geographic features of Amari is the Amari Valley, a landform of high elevation known for olive cultivation.[3] It is thought that Monastiraki was developed by Phaistos inhabitants founding a satellite center as they pushed out into the Amari Valley.[4]
The municipality Amari was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[1]
The province of Amari (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαρχία Αμαρίου) was one of the provinces of the Rethymno Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality.[5] It was abolished in 2006.