South Rhodes
South Rhodes is a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.
Geography
The municipal unit comprises the southernmost portion of the island, and is a result of a union of ten former communities:Community | Population | Area | Localities |
Apolakkia | 496 | 29.1 | Apolakkia |
Arnitha | 215 | 22.0 | Arnitha |
Asklipieio | 646 | 46.6 | Asklipieio Kiotari |
Gennadi | 33.5 | Gennadi | |
Istrios | 291 | 18.4 | Istrios |
Kattavia | 307 | 97.4 | Kattavia Agios Paulos Machairia Plimmyri Prasonisi |
Lachania | 153 | 25.4 | Lachania |
Mesanagros | 155 | 51.8 | Mesanagros |
Profilia | 304 | 15.9 | Profilia |
Vati | 323 | 39.1 | Vati |
At the 2011 census, the population was 3,561. It has a land area of 379.050 km², covering about 27 percent of the island's area. The seat of the municipality was in Gennádi, a town of 671 inhabitants.