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Heraklion (regional unit)

Index Heraklion (regional unit)

Heraklion (Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ηρακλείου) is one of the four regional units of Crete. [1]

71 relations: Administrative regions of Greece, Agia Varvara, Heraklion, Anno Domini, Archaeology, Archanes, Archanes-Asterousia, Architect, Arkalochori, Asterousia, Asterousia Mountains, Cartography, Creta Channel, Crete, Dia (island), Eastern European Summer Time, El Greco, Episkopi, Heraklion, European route E65, Faistos, Gazi, Crete, Gorgolainis, Gortyn, Gouves, Greece, Greece, Greek National Road 90, Greek National Road 97, Greek National Road 99, Heraklion, Hersonissos, Human settlement, Kainourgio, Kastelli, Heraklion, Knossos, Kofinas, Kriti TV, Krousonas, Lasithi, List of settlements in the Heraklion regional unit, Malevizi, Malia, Crete, Minoa Pediada, Minoan civilization, Moires, Monofatsi, Mount Ida, Myrtia, Heraklion, Nea Alikarnassos, Neolithic, Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality), ..., Painting, Paliani, Pediada, Phaistos, Postal codes in Greece, Prefectures of Greece, Pyrgiotissa, Regional units of Greece, Rethymno (regional unit), Rouvas, Sculpture, Spanish language, Telephone numbers in Greece, Temenos, Greece, Thrapsano, Toledo, Spain, Tylissos, Tympaki, Vehicle registration plates of Greece, Viannos, Zaros. Expand index (21 more) »

Administrative regions of Greece

The administrative regions of Greece (περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.

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Agia Varvara, Heraklion

Agia Varvara (Αγία Βαρβάρα) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Archanes

Archanes (Αρχάνες, Godart & Olivier abbreviation: ARKH) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Archanes-Asterousia

Archanes–Asterousia (Αρχάνες-Αστερούσια) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Arkalochori

Arkalochori (Αρκαλοχώρι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Asterousia

Asterousia (Αστερούσια) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Asterousia Mountains

The Asterousia Mountains are a range in southern Crete separating the Messara Plain from the Libyan Sea.

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Cartography

Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.

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Creta Channel

Creta Channel (now as TV Creta) is a TV channel broadcast to the majority of Crete.

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Crete

Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Dia (island)

Dia (Greek Δία), also pronounced locally Ntia (Ντία), is an uninhabited island off the northern coast of the Greek island of Crete.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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El Greco

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος; October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

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Episkopi, Heraklion

Episkopi (Επισκοπή) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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European route E65

European route E 65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chaniá, Greece.

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Faistos

Faistos (Φαιστός) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Gazi, Crete

Gazi (Γάζι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece.

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Gorgolainis

Gorgolainis (Γοργολαΐνης) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Gortyn

Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα) is a municipality and an archaeological site on the Mediterranean island of Crete, 45 km away from the modern capital Heraklion.

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Gouves, Greece

Gouves (Γούβες) is a town and former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Greece

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Greek National Road 90

Greek National Road 90 (Βόρειος Οδικός Άξονας Κρήτης, ΒΟΑΚ, Crete Northern Highway) is a national highway of Greece.

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Greek National Road 97

Greek National Road 97 is a national highway on the island of Crete, Greece.

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Greek National Road 99

Greek National Road 99 is a national highway on the island of Crete, Greece.

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Heraklion

Heraklion (Ηράκλειο, Irákleio) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete.

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Hersonissos

Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος(meaning peninsula), Chersónisos), also transliterated as Chersonisos and Hersónisos, is a town and a municipality in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean / Aegean Sea.

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Human settlement

In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community in which people live.

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Kainourgio

Kainourgio was one of the provinces of the Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece.

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Kastelli, Heraklion

Kastelli (Καστέλλι, also Καστέλι) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Knossos

Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced; Κνωσός, Knōsós) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city.

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Kofinas

Kofinas (Κόφινας) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Kriti TV

Crete TV is a Greek television station, based in Heraklion.

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Krousonas

Krousonas (Κρουσώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Lasithi

Lasithi (Λασίθι) is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion.

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List of settlements in the Heraklion regional unit

This is a list of settlements in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Malevizi

Malevizi (Μαλεβίζι) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Malia, Crete

Malia or Mallia (Μάλια) is a coastal town and a former municipality in the northeast corner of the Heraklion regional unit in Crete, Greece.

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Minoa Pediada

Minoa Pediada (Μινώα Πεδιάδα, "Minoan Plain") is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was an Aegean Bronze Age civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands which flourished from about 2600 to 1600 BC, before a late period of decline, finally ending around 1100.

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Moires

Moires (Μοίρες, "Fates") is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Monofatsi

Monofatsi was a province of Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece.

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Mount Ida

In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete; and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey) which was also known as the Phrygian Ida in classical antiquity and is the mountain that is mentioned in the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil.

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Myrtia, Heraklion

Myrtia (Μυρτιά, before 1965: Βάρβαρον - Varvaron) is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit Nikos Kazantzakis, Crete, Greece.

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Nea Alikarnassos

Nea Alikarnassos (Νέα Αλικαρνασσός, meaning New Halicarnassus) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης; 18 February 188326 October 1957) was a Greek writer.

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Nikos Kazantzakis (municipality)

Nikos Kazantzakis (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Paliani

Paliani (Παλιανή) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Pediada

Pediada (Πεδιάδα, "plain") is a region and former province of Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece.

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Phaistos

Phaistos (Φαιστός,; Ancient Greek: Φαιστός), also transliterated as Phaestos, Festos and Latin Phaestus, currently refers to a Bronze Age archaeological site at modern Phaistos, a municipality in south central Crete.

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Postal codes in Greece

The Greek postal code system is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία, Hellenic Post).

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Prefectures of Greece

During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures (translit) were the country's main administrative unit.

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Pyrgiotissa

Pyrgiotissa was a province of Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece.

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Regional units of Greece

The 74 regional units (περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enóti̱tes, sing.) are administrative units of Greece.

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Rethymno (regional unit)

Rethymno is one of the four regional units of Crete, Greece.

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Rouvas

Rouvas (Ρούβας) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Telephone numbers in Greece

This is a list of dialing codes in Greece.

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Temenos, Greece

Temenos (Τέμενος) is a former municipality in the Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece.

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Thrapsano

Thrapsano (Θραψανό) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Toledo, Spain

Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain; it is the capital of the province of Toledo and the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha.

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Tylissos

Tylisos (Τύλισος, also Pyrgos Tylissos, Tylissos) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Tympaki

Tympaki (Τυμπάκι) is a town and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Vehicle registration plates of Greece

Greek vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e.g. ΑΑΑ-1000) printed in black on a white background.

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Viannos

Viannos (Βιάννος) is a municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Zaros

Zaros (Ζαρός) is a village and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece.

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Heraklio Prefecture, Heraklio prefecture, Heraklion (peripheral unit), Heraklion Prefecture, Heraklion prefecture, Irakleio Prefecture, Irakleion (prefecture), Irakleion Prefecture, Iraklio Prefecture.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion_(regional_unit)

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