Schinokapsala (Greek: Σχινοκάψαλα) is a community and a small village in Lasithi on Crete.

It is built 400 meters above sea level, south of Thripti mountain, in a verdant area, full of pine and olive trees.

[2] Today it is almost deserted, with a population of 80 people recorded in the 2021 census.

The Venetian census of 1583 recorded 162 in Schinokapsala, with the name derived from the Greek word for the Kermes oak that sheltered the original settlers while they lived in caves.

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