Sykologos Explained

Sykologos
Name Local:Συκολόγος
Type:community
Coordinates:35.02°N 55.7°W
Periph:Crete
Periphunit:Heraklion
Municipality:Viannos
Population As Of:2021
Pop Community:305

Sykologos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Συκολόγος) is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the Heraklion regional unit, in Crete, Greece. The community includes the villages Ano Vigla and Tertsa. It is 81.5 km from Heraklion, 16 km from Ano Viannos, 28 km from Ierapetra and 7.5 km from the coastline of the Libyan Sea at Tertsa. Today it is a part of Municipality of Viannos. Olives and bananas are the main crops. The name Sykologos stems from an ancient word for "fig collector".