Souda or Suda is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of Souda Bay. Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central Chania, although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds.

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  • Souda or Suda is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of Souda Bay. Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central Chania, although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds. In the 1870s, they began to build a new settlement here which grew as the port expanded. Souda Bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the Mediterranean and is easy to defend. Now Souda is the arrival point for ferries from Pireaus. There is also a NATO naval base located in Souda and across the bay, with military accommodation and hospital in the town. Much of the command, particularly for US forces, is found across the bay on the Akrotiri. A grain silo overshadows the centre of town. Perhaps because of its nature as a departure point and military town, it is not popular with tourists and can appear seedy and threatening. However it is well-served with shops of all types and some renowned fish restaurants in the old centre. The Allied war cemetery, mostly of soldiers from World War II, is found in Souda on the shore. There are 1,527 graves, mostly British with 447 New Zealanders and 197 Australians. Buried in the cemetery is the archaeologist John Pendlebury. Pendlebury was the curator at Knossos for the British School in Athens and had been continuing excavations in Crete until the war. He was executed by the Germans in 1941 whilst working for British Intelligence.
  • Souda (souvent transcrit en La Sude) est une ville de Crète, en Grèce. Située dans le nome de La Canée, c'est un important port situé au fond de la baie de Souda (également appelée baie de La Sude).
  • Souda è una municipalità della prefettura della Canea. E' un porto navale importante di origini relativamente recenti, situato a 6,5 km a est da La Canea.
  • Suda – zatoka, gmina i miejscowość portowa na Krecie. Obecnie znajduje się tam baza morska NATO, a także cmentarz aliancki z okresu II Wojny Światowej, na którym pochowani są również cywile zabici podczas walk o Kretę. Na cmentarzu pochowany jest również polski lotnik zestrzelony 19 listopada 1943 w okolicach Krety J. Zbyszyński. Wg tablicy umieszczonej na cmentarzu, spoczywa tam: 862 Brytyjczyków, 5 Kanadyjczyków, 197 Australijczyków, 446 Nowozelandczyków, 9 obywateli RPA, 1 Hindus, 7 innych.
  • Souda är en hamnstad på Kreta, Grekland. Staden ligger i Chania prefektur. Souda kommun har omkring 8 000 invånare. Staden har färjeförbindelse med Pireus.
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  • Souda or Suda is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. It is an important ferry and naval port at the head of Souda Bay. Souda is 6.5 km to the east of central Chania, although the area in between is mostly built-up. The town is a relatively new settlement, built on what used to be salt beds and marshland. The Turks knew the area as 'Tuzla', their name for salt-beds.
  • Souda (souvent transcrit en La Sude) est une ville de Crète, en Grèce. Située dans le nome de La Canée, c'est un important port situé au fond de la baie de Souda (également appelée baie de La Sude).
  • Souda è una municipalità della prefettura della Canea. E' un porto navale importante di origini relativamente recenti, situato a 6,5 km a est da La Canea.
  • Suda – zatoka, gmina i miejscowość portowa na Krecie. Obecnie znajduje się tam baza morska NATO, a także cmentarz aliancki z okresu II Wojny Światowej, na którym pochowani są również cywile zabici podczas walk o Kretę. Na cmentarzu pochowany jest również polski lotnik zestrzelony 19 listopada 1943 w okolicach Krety J. Zbyszyński.
  • Souda är en hamnstad på Kreta, Grekland. Staden ligger i Chania prefektur. Souda kommun har omkring 8 000 invånare. Staden har färjeförbindelse med Pireus.
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